14 Seymour Cray Quotes

Seymour Cray quotes

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Anyone can build a fast CPU. The trick is to build a fast system.

4. I just bought a Mac to help me design the next Cray.

5. If you were plowing a field, which would you rather use?... Two strong oxen or 1024 chickens?

6. Memory is like an orgasm. It's a lot better if you don't have to fake it.

7. Parity is for farmers.

8. I learned that a lot of farmers buy computers.

1. Thank heaven for startups; without them we'd never have any advances.

2. #3 pencils and quadrille pads.

3. I'm supposed to be a scientific person but I use intuition more than logic in making basic decisions.

4. The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it's too late.

5. #3 pencils and quadrille pads.(when asked what CAD tools he used to design the Cray I supercomputer )

6. Interesting - I use a Mac to help me design the next Cray.(when he was told that Apple Inc. had recently bought a Cray supercomputer to help them design the next Mac )