Fluorinert is the liquid that Cray used

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Posted by AbeCollins (A) on July 26, 2024 at 23:40:33

In Reply to: The Cray 2 posted by E-Stat on July 26, 2024 at 20:09:30:

The Cray-1A serial number 3 is what they had on display at the NCAR Mesa Labs in Boulder.

I believe they moved it a few years ago to the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center.

NCAR Mesa Labs Boulder Colorado

NCAR Mesa Labs Boulder Colorado

NCAR Mesa Labs Boulder Colorado

NCAR Mesa Labs Boulder Colorado

Transporting the Cray-1A Serial Number 3 to WY

Notice the Silicon Graphics ONYX computer to the far left in the photo above. Scientists used SGI ONYX for creating Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) visualizations for climate and weather modeling. SGI ONYX was sometimes called "the eyes of the Cray".

Trivia: Silicon Graphics developed the hardware for the Ninendo 64. It was a ground breaking design in the 1990's that brought the most realistic 3D graphics and 64-bit computing to a gaming platform in its day. SGI also sold SGI ONYX systems to game developers.

In 2000, Cray Inc. was formed when Tera Computer Company purchased the Cray Research Inc. business from SGI and adopted the name of its acquisition. In 2019, the company was acquired by Hewlett Packard Enterprise for $1.3 billion.

I hired on at SGI in Mountain View, CA in 1991. I went to Sun Microsystems in 2000. Oracle acquired Sun in 2010. I retired in 2022. I had my share of fun times.

Various Cray photos including several at NCAR Boulder (Open in New Window)

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Topic - The Rise and Fall of the Cray Supercomputer - for you tech nerds - AbeCollins 09:47:34 07/26/24 (14)

RE: The Rise and Fall of the Cray Supercomputer - for you tech nerds - john65b 14:55:05 09/16/24 (0)

Ah, when disk drives looked like washing machines - jedrider 12:47:55 07/31/24 (5)

RE: Ah, when disk drives looked like washing machines - AbeCollins 19:08:24 07/31/24 (4)

RE: Ah, when disk drives looked like washing machines - kh6idf 03:05:35 08/01/24 (3)

RE: Ah, when disk drives looked like washing machines - AbeCollins 09:44:49 08/01/24 (2)

RE: Ah, when disk drives looked like washing machines - kh6idf 11:14:33 08/01/24 (1)

RE: Ah, when disk drives looked like washing machines - AbeCollins 07:12:01 08/02/24 (0)

When my wife graduated pharmacy school in 1989 - E-Stat 14:40:03 07/26/24 (3)

RE: When my wife graduated pharmacy school in 1989 - AbeCollins 19:53:11 07/26/24 (2)

The Cray 2 - E-Stat 20:09:30 07/26/24 (1)

Fluorinert is the liquid that Cray used - AbeCollins 23:40:33 07/26/24 (0)

Asianometry - that's a great show! - Chris from Lafayette 13:06:27 07/26/24 (1)

RE: Asianometry - that's a great show! - AbeCollins 19:48:46 07/26/24 (0)

RE: The Rise and Fall of the Cray Supercomputer - for you tech nerds - G Squared 10:38:06 07/26/24 (0)

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Fluorinert is the liquid that Cray used - AbeCollins 23:40:33 07/26/24 (0)

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