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SRC isn't Cray at all though.

Cray Research, from which Seymour departed long before, was acquired by SGI. When SGI cratered, the SGI and Cray _names_ were separately sold off. "Cray" was bought by Tera, a faltering supercomputer maker in Seattle, who adopted that name (sort of a HPC witness protection program thing). They're as much "Cray" as gadgets sold at Target are "Westinghouse".

SRC is a distant descendant of the 3rd corporate vehicle started by Seymour (Cray Research, Cray Computer, then SRC).



Tera also brought along many of the employees that were part of Cray Research. The Cray Inc that exists now isn't exactly CRI, but it started with the same code and same people, plus a few SGI defectors. It should be considered the spiritual successor.




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