The Rise and Fall of the Cray Supercomputer

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Traces Seymour Cray's machines from the CDC 6600 to the Cray-1, explaining vector processing and why the company declined; Asianometry's research is thorough.

What you'll learn

The history of Seymour Cray's supercomputers, from the CDC 6600 to the Cray-1 and why the company declined.

Engineering History

Video by Asianometry, played through YouTube's embedded player.

Part of Computer History, Video Essays