Fill in the Blank!
Short Answer
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This presentation is about _______.Spell his name
Seymour Cray
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What did he build on his own, by the age of 10?
Automatic telegraph machine.
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He is referred to as the _______ of Supercomputers
Steve Jobs
200
Where did he study? What degree(s) did he receive?
He studied at University of Minnesota, receiving a Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering in 1949, and later was awarded with a Master’s in Applied Mathematics in 1951.
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The company that still runs today is _______
Cray Computer Company
300
How have supercomputers affected our society?
Reasonable answer concerning medical research, natural disasters, forest fires, ...
400
He innovated ______. Explain briefly what they are
Supercomputers: classification of the fastest and most efficient computers of their era. They are expensive, therefore used only in high end facilities, for research mostly, and are not usually used in the general public.
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What is the name of the award in Cray's name? What year was it made, and who won it this year?
Seymour Cray Computer Engineering Award, 1999, Mateo Valero.
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_____ is a way supercomputers have affected me, personally.
Anything reasonable, to be honest.
500
What version of Cray did Steve Jobs buy?
Cray X-MP (this would mean you paid a lot of attention, good job! :D )
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