1925 - 1996
Seymour Cray was an American computer engineer and the founder of Cray Research, known for his pioneering work in the development of supercomputers. Born on September 28, 1925, he designed groundbreaking machines such as the Cray-1 and Cray-2, which significantly advanced computational speed and power in the 1970s and 1980s. Cray's innovations earned him the title "father of supercomputing," and he is regarded as a key figure in the evolution of high-performance computing.