Seymour Cray

Seymour Roger Cray (28 September 1925 – 5 October 1996) was a U.S. electrical engineer and supercomputer architect who founded the company Cray Research. Quotes Video History interview (1995) Interview witn David K. Allison for the Smithsonian Institution (9 May 1995) One of my guiding principles is don’t do anything that other people are doing. Always do something a little different if you can. The concept is that if you do it a little differently there is a greater potential for reward than if you the same thing that other people are doing. I think that this kind of goal for one’s work, having obviously the maximum risk, would have the maximum reward no matter what the field may be. I talk to myself through the computer. I ask myself questions, leave things to be looked at again, things that you would do with a notepad. It turns out today that it’s much better today to do with a personal computer rather than a notepad. External links A Seymour Cray Perspective Interview for the Smithsonian Institution (9 May 1995) Seymour Cray: An Appreciation A Tribute to Seymour Cray Category:1925 births Category:1996 deaths Category:Electrical engineers Category:Engineers from the United States Category:Businesspeople from the United States Category:Computer scientists from the United States Category:Designers Category:People from Wisconsin