Everything about Cray

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: CrayA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Biofouling behavior of PVDF ultrafiltration membrane incorporating cray fish shell biochar in the presence of inorganic cations and organic matters: Characteristics and mechanismsInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Judas ChildThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: The CRAY-1 computer systemCited 506 times
5. Go sideways: Jaguar (supercomputer)A closely related topic
6. Go sideways: Cray XT5A closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• The CRAY-1 computer system

  Richard M. Russell · 1978 · Communications of the ACM · 506 citations

• Large-scale vectorized implicit calculations in solid mechanics on a Cray X-MP/48 utilizing EBE preconditioned conjugate gradients

  Thomas J.R. Hughes, Robert M. Ferencz, John O. Hallquist · 1987 · Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering · 158 citations

• 3-D large-scale wave propagation modeling by spectral element method on Cray T3E multiprocessor

  Géza Seriani · 1998 · Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering · 123 citations

• Parallel backpropagation learning algorithms on CRAY Y-MP8/864 supercomputer

  S.L. Hung, H. Adeli · 1993 · Neurocomputing · 116 citations

• Squeezing the most out of an algorithm in CRAY FORTRAN

  Jack J. Dongarra, Stanley C. Eisenstat · 1984 · ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software · 111 citations

• A full CI treatment of Ne atom - a benchmark calculation performed on the NAS CRAY 2

  Charles W. Bauschlicher, Stephen R. Langhoff, Peter R. Taylor · 1986 · Chemical Physics Letters · 67 citations

• Applications of the CRAY-1 for quantum chemistry calculations

  V.R. Saunders, M.F. Guest · 1982 · Computer Physics Communications · 58 citations

• A Simulation Study of the CRAY X-MP Memory System

  Cheung, Smith · 1986 · IEEE Transactions on Computers · 57 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Biofouling behavior of PVDF ultrafiltration membrane incorporating cray fish shell biochar in the presence of inorganic cations and organic matters: Characteristics and mechanisms

  Dawei Zhang, Guosheng Zhang, Weiying Li · 2025 · Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects · 8 citations

• Early experiences evaluating the HPE/Cray ecosystem for AMD GPUs

  Verónica G. Melesse Vergara, Reuben D. Budiardja, Wayne Joubert · 2024 · Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience · 3 citations

• Optimizing the Cray Graph Engine for performant analytics on cluster, SuperDome Flex, Shasta systems and cloud deployment

  Christopher D. Rickett, Kristyn J. Maschhoff, Sreenivas R. Sukumar · 2024 · Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience · 2 citations

• Evaluating integration and performance of containerized climate applications on a Hewlett Packard Enterprise Cray system

  Subil Abraham, Ryan Prout, Thomas Robinson · 2024 · Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience · 1 citations

• Biosourced isoamylene: Total Cray Valley and Gevo continue their collaboration

  · 2022 · Focus on Catalysts · 0 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• Judas ChildCarol O'Connell · 1998
• Computer structuresDaniel P. Siewiorek, C. Gordon Bell · 1971
• The Crystal PalacePhyllis Eisenstein · 1988
• Sorcerer's SonPhyllis Eisenstein · 1979
• 📕Using a Cray Y-MP as an array prosessor for a RISC workstationHugh LaMaster · 1992
• 📕Parallelizing Navier-Stokes computations on a variety of architectural platformsD. N. Jayasimha · 1997
• The Cray X-MP/Model 24Kay A. Robbins, Steven Robbins · 1989
• The supermenCharles J. Murray · 1997

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🔗 Related topics

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