Cray-1 Computer System Brochure

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Description:

This twelve- page brochure has a red, white, and black image of a Cray-1 computer on an off-white cover. The cover includes a blue Cray Research, Inc. logo and is titled “THE CRAY-1 COMPUTER SYSTEM.” According to the brochure the Cray-1 was capable of executing over 80 million floating point operations per second.

Date Made: c 1985

Maker: Cray Research, Inc.

Location: Currently not on view

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Computers, Computers & Business Machines, Science & Mathematics

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Credit Line: Gift of David Alan Grier

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2018.3063.04Nonaccession Number: 2018.3063Catalog Number: 2018.3063.04

Object Name: brochure

Physical Description: paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 21.5 cm x 28 cm; 8 15/32 in x 11 1/32 in

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-49d7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1892750

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