Editing Cray (section)

===Silicon Graphics ownership: 1996–2000===
In February 1996, Cray Research was acquired by [[Silicon Graphics]] (SGI) for $740 million.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1996/02/27/silicon-graphics-to-acquire-cray-in-740-million-deal/d6590707-6eda-4ecf-a553-d9ee7b9ca479/ | title=SILICON GRAPHICS TO ACQUIRE CRAY IN $740 MILLION DEAL | first=Elizabeth | last=Corcoran | newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] | date=February 27, 1996}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.cnet.com/news/sgi-buys-supercomputer-vendor-cray/ | title=SGI buys supercomputer vendor Cray | first=BROOKE | last=CROTHERS | work=[[CNET]] | date=February 26, 1996}}</ref>

In May 1996, SGI sold the Superservers business to Sun.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1996-05-17-9605180091-story.html | title=Sun buys Cray unit: Sun Microsystems Inc | work=[[Chicago Tribune]] | date=May 17, 1996}}</ref> Sun then turned the UltraSPARC-based ''Starfire'' project then under development into the extremely successful [[Sun Enterprise 10000]] range of servers.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.forbes.com/2002/05/06/0506sun.html#703713c16a5e | title=Sun's Purchase Of Cray's Unix Server Business | first=Lisa | last=DiCarlo | work=[[Forbes]] | date=May 6, 2002}}</ref> SGI used several Cray technologies in its attempt to move from the graphics workstation market into supercomputing. Key among these was the use of the Cray-developed [[HIPPI]] [[computer bus]] and details of the interconnects used in the T3 series. SGI's long-term strategy was to merge its high-end server line with Cray's product lines in two phases, code-named ''SN1'' and ''SN2'' (SN standing for "Scalable Node"). The SN1 was intended to replace the T3E and [[SGI Origin 2000]] systems and later became the ''SN-MIPS'' or [[SGI Origin 3000]] architecture. The SN2 was originally intended to unify all high-end/supercomputer product lines including the T90 into a single architecture. This goal was never achieved before SGI divested itself of the Cray business, and the SN2 name was later associated with the ''SN-IA'' or SGI [[Altix]] 3000 architecture.

In October 1996, founder Seymour Cray died as a result of a traffic accident.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1996/10/06/computer-pioneer-seymour-cray-dies/4e993f5f-9e89-42af-8e84-4da7bfb2f5ce/ | title=COMPUTER PIONEER SEYMOUR CRAY DIES | first=Richard | last=Pearson | newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] | date=October 6, 1996}}</ref>

In 1998, under SGI ownership, one new Cray model line, the [[Cray SV1]], was launched. This was a clustered SMP vector processor architecture, developed from J90 technology.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.hpcwire.com/1998/06/19/sgi-unveils-cray-sv1-series-vector-supercomputer-line/ | title=SGI UNVEILS CRAY SV1 SERIES VECTOR SUPERCOMPUTER LINE | publisher=HPC Wire | date=June 19, 1998}}</ref>

On March 2, 2000, Cray was sold to [[Tera Computer Company]], which was renamed Cray Inc.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB951951988258804510 | title=Tera Computer Will Acquire Cray In Surprise Bid to Rebuild Industry | first=Don | last=Clark | work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] | date=March 2, 2000}}</ref>