The
Cray-1 was a
supercomputer designed, manufactured and marketed by
Cray Research. The first Cray-1 system was installed at
Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1976 and it went on to become one of the best known and most successful supercomputers in history. The Cray-1's architect was
Seymour Cray, the chief engineer was Cray Research co-founder Lester Davis.