Cray Research… Cray 1
Started in 1972, Cray 1 operated in 1974
12 ns. Three ECL I/C types:2 gates, 16 and 1K bits
144 ICs on each side of a board; approximately 300K gates/computer
8 Scalar, 8 Address, 8 Vector (64 w), 64 scalar Temps, 64 address B temps12 function units
1 Mword memory; 4 clock cycle
Scalar speed: 2x 7600 Vector speed: 80 Mflops
Notes:
In early 1972, Cray and six other colleagues left CDC to form Cray Research. Les Davis was a co-founding chief engineer and is often credited with Cray’s success. Their relationship was characterized by one engineer: “When Seymour tosses designs out the window, Les catches them”.
It was time to use Integrated Circuits.