Supertek Computers
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer hardware |
| Founded | 1985 |
| Founder | Mike Fung |
| Fate | Acquired by Cray Research in 1990 |
| Headquarters | Santa Clara, California , United States |
| Products | Minisupercomputer systems (Supertek S-1, Supertek S-2) |
Supertek Computers Inc. was established in 1985 in Santa Clara, California by Mike Fung, a former project manager at Hewlett-Packard. The company specialized in creating affordable minisupercomputer systems that were compatible with those produced by Cray Research.
Their inaugural product, the Supertek S-1, was a compact, air-cooled CMOS replica of the Cray X-MP vector processor supercomputer. It operated initially on the CTSS and was later adapted to run a variant of Unix. Released in 1989, the development of the S-1 required only $5 million, despite Supertek securing $21.4 million through venture capital funding. The company sold just ten units before being acquired by Cray Research in 1990, after which the S-1 was briefly rebranded as the Cray XMS.
At the time of acquisition, Supertek was developing the Supertek S-2, a clone of the Cray Y-MP. This model was subsequently introduced by Cray as the Y-MP EL in 1992.