] Cray is not likely to garner much attention when it ] reports first-quarter earnings on April 28. Like its much ] larger competitors, Cray is in the computer business but ] at $155 million in sales, it's too small to register on ] most radars. ] ] ] But it should be. The company's sales have grown at an ] annualized 30% since being acquired by Tera Computer in ] early 2000. Even better, Cray (nasdaq: CRAY - news - ] people ) is building a system that will best the Japanese ] Earth Simulator computer and give the U.S. the title for ] world's fastest computer If you're a geek like me, you had pictures of Cray's computers posted on your bedroom wall as a teenager. Cool to hear that one of the first X1's is going into Oak Ridge. |