Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin: First Cray-1 Supercomputer
Installed at Los Alamos in 1976, it was the fastest computer in the world world until 1982. And you can sit on it.
Museum of Industry and Technology
- Address:
- 21 E. Grand Ave., Chippewa Falls, WI
- Directions:
- Museum of Industry and Technology. On the south side of E. Grand Ave., between N. Bridge St. and Rushman Drive.
- Hours:
- Th-Sa 10-3 (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 715-720-9206
- Admission:
- Adults $5.
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This museum is great! You can get a tour from the curator. Lots of Cray computer history plus the history of Chippewa Falls. Well worth the $5 donation.
[Tania, 06/16/2023]Sit on the "World's Most Expensive Loveseat" -- the Cray-1 Supercomputer. Featuring a central column surrounded by a padded, circular seat, the Cray-1 looked like no other computer. -- and performed like no other computer. It reigned as the world's fastest, from 1976 to 1982. This is machine serial no. 1, housed at the Museum of Industry and Technology.
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Chippewa Falls was Seymour Cray's home town. If it's not out on loan, the museum displays his original 1976 test system from the Los Alamos Laboratory.