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{{short description|American supercomputer manufacturer}}
{{about|the supercomputer brand}}
{{Use mdy dates|date = May 2020}}

{{Infobox company
| name = Cray Inc.
| logo = Cray logo (2018).svg
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| foundation = {{start date and age|1972}} as<br />Cray Research, Inc.<!-- this parameter modifies "Founded" --> (current corporate entity founded in {{start date and age|1987}} as [[Tera Computer Company]])
| founder = [[Seymour Cray]]
| location = [[Seattle, Washington]], U.S.
| key_people = [[Peter Ungaro]] ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]])
| products = [[Supercomputer]]s
| revenue = {{increase}} $455.9 million (2018)
| operating_income = {{decrease}} -$74.2 million (2018)
| net_income = {{increase}} -$71.6 million (2018)
| assets = {{decrease}} $517.1 million (2018)
| equity = {{decrease}} $343.3 million (2018)
| num_employees = 1,282 (Dec 2015)
| parent = [[Hewlett Packard Enterprise]]
| homepage = {{URL|https://hpe.com/us/en/compute/hpc/cray.html}}
| footnotes = <ref name="xbrlus_2013">{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949158/000094915814000007/0000949158-14-000007-index.htm |title=CRAY INC 2013 Annual Report Form (10-K) |publisher=United States Securities and Exchange Commission | format=XBRL |date=February 13, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Cray-Feb-2016-10-K">{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949158/000094915816000035/cray-12312015x10k.htm |title=CRAY INC 2015 Annual Report Form (10-K) |publisher=United States Securities and Exchange Commission | format=XBRL |date=February 19, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Cray-Feb-2015-10-K">{{cite web|url=http://pdf.secdatabase.com/727/0000949158-15-000009.pdf |title=CRAY INC 2014 Annual Report Form (10-K) |publisher=United States Securities and Exchange Commission | format=XBRL |date=February 19, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=High Performance Computing |url=https://www.hpe.com/us/en/newsroom/content-hub/high-performance-computing.html |publisher=[[Hewlett Packard Enterprise]] |access-date=September 2, 2022}}</ref><ref name=rev2017>{{cite web|url=http://investors.cray.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=98390&p=irol-newsarticle&ID=2332873|title=Press Release &#124; Cray Inc. Reports 2017 Full Year and Fourth Quarter Financial Results &#124; Cray Investors: Press Releases|website=investors.cray.com|access-date=2018-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517184709/http://investors.cray.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=98390&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2332873|archive-date=May 17, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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'''Cray Inc.''', a subsidiary of [[Hewlett Packard Enterprise]], is an American [[supercomputer]] manufacturer headquartered in [[Seattle, Washington]].<ref name="Cray-Feb-2016-10-K" /> It also manufactures systems for data storage and analytics.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://fortune.com/2015/08/05/venture-capital-hits-average/ | title=Could a 'Moneyball' approach help VCs improve their success rate? | first=Kirk | last=Kardashian | work=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]] | date=August 5, 2015}}</ref> Several Cray supercomputer systems are listed in the [[TOP500]], which ranks the most powerful supercomputers in the world.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.top500.org/ | title=TOP500 Supercomputer Sites | publisher=[[TOP500]]}}</ref>

In 1972, the company was founded by computer designer [[Seymour Cray]] as Cray Research, Inc., and it continues to manufacture parts in [[Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin]], where Cray was born and raised.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/1237/89102003000047/filing-main.htm |title=Cray, Form S-3, Filing Date Jan 6, 2003 | publisher=secdatabase.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.cray.com/company/careers/where-we-are-what-we-do | title=Where We Are & What We Do: Locations & Products | publisher=Cray Inc. | access-date=October 3, 2019 | archive-date=January 3, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103015234/https://www.cray.com/company/careers/where-we-are-what-we-do | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.cray.com/contact/worldwide-locations | title=Worldwide Sales and Service: Contact Information | publisher=Cray Inc. | access-date=October 3, 2019 | archive-date=July 29, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729000135/https://www.cray.com/contact/worldwide-locations | url-status=dead }}</ref> After being acquired by [[Silicon Graphics]] in 1996, the modern company was formed after being purchased in 2000 by [[Tera Computer Company]], which adopted the name Cray Inc.<ref>{{Cite web |last=EETimes |date=2000-03-02 |title=Tera Computer buys Cray from SGI, readies CMOS processors |url=https://www.eetimes.com/tera-computer-buys-cray-from-sgi-readies-cmos-processors/ |access-date=2025-05-28 |website=EE Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/1003/89102000000813/filing-main.htm | title=Cray, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Apr 17, 2000 | publisher=secdatabase.com}}</ref> In 2019, the company was acquired by [[Hewlett Packard Enterprise]] for $1.3 billion.<ref>{{Cite web|title=HPE is buying Cray for $1.3 billion|url=https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/17/hpe-is-buying-cray-for-1-3-billion/|access-date=2020-06-22|website=TechCrunch|date=May 17, 2019 |language=en-US}}</ref>