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Seymour R. Cray
(28 Sep 1925 - 5 Oct 1996)
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Science Quotes by Seymour R. Cray (8 quotes)
Five year goal: Build the biggest computer in the world. One-year goal: Achieve one-fifth of the above.
— Seymour R. Cray
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.
— Seymour R. Cray
I was one of those nerds before the name was popular. I spent all my time in the electrical engineering laboratory and not enough time socializing.
— Seymour R. Cray
I’m supposed to be a scientific person but I use intuition more than logic in making basic decisions.
— Seymour R. Cray
If you were plowing a field, which would you rather use? Two strong oxen or 1024 chickens?
[Comparing the power of supercomputers versus parallel computing.]
[Comparing the power of supercomputers versus parallel computing.]
— Seymour R. Cray
My guiding principle was simplicity.
— Seymour R. Cray
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.
— Seymour R. Cray
We have elves here, and they help me. … While I’m digging in the tunnel, the elves will often come to me with solutions to my problem.
— Seymour R. Cray
See also:
- 28 Sep - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Cray's birth.
- The Supermen: The Story of Seymour Cray and the Technical Wizards behind the Supercomputer, by Charles J. Murray. - book suggestion.