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Sequoia is ranked the world's fastest supercomputer

• mparlane 14y ago
  On it's test phase it was generating hash collisions. [this is not at all true - on purpose anyway]
• jfoutz 14y ago
  It's probably not the whole truth, but i suspect Sequoia is doomed to spend its operational lifespan simulating the effects of radiation on 70's era electronics. It's not bad... just kinda sad.
• ColinWright 14y ago
  In case anyone missed it, here are a few more reports of the same story: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4125450 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4125450 (bbc.co.uk) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4125840 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4125840 (bbc.com) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4126713 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4126713 (washingtonpost.com) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4127060 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4127060 (eweek.com) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4127424 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4127424 (guardian.co.uk) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4127543 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4127543 (patexia.com) There are probably more ...
  • mparlane 14y ago
    This is like wikipedia's list of lists pages.
• mjwalshe 14y ago
  The fastest non "black" system you mean :-)