Sequoia is ranked the world's fastest supercomputer

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Post by nqnielsen » Tue, Jun 19, 2012, 3:01 AM UTC

Sequoia is ranked the world's fastest supercomputer
llnl.gov

Re: Sequoia is ranked the world's fastest supercomputer

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Post by mparlane » Tue, Jun 19, 2012, 5:33 AM UTC

On it's test phase it was generating hash collisions.

[this is not at all true - on purpose anyway]

Re: Sequoia is ranked the world's fastest supercomputer

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Post by jfoutz » Tue, Jun 19, 2012, 5:55 AM UTC

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.

Re: Sequoia is ranked the world's fastest supercomputer

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Post by ColinWright » Tue, Jun 19, 2012, 7:50 AM UTC

In case anyone missed it, here are a few more reports of the same story:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4125450 (bbc.co.uk)

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4125840 (bbc.com)

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4126713 (washingtonpost.com)

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4127060 (eweek.com)

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4127424 (guardian.co.uk)

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4127543 (patexia.com)

There are probably more ...

Re: Sequoia is ranked the world's fastest supercomputer

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Post by mjwalshe » Tue, Jun 19, 2012, 9:14 AM UTC

The fastest non "black" system you mean :-)

Re: Sequoia is ranked the world's fastest supercomputer

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Post by mparlane » Tue, Jun 19, 2012, 10:10 AM UTC

ColinWright wrote: post #4

In case anyone missed it, here are a few more reports of the same story: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4125450 (bbc.co.uk) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4125840 (bbc.com) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4126713 (washingtonpost.com) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4127060 (eweek.com) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4127424 (guardian.co.uk) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4127543 (patexia.co…

This is like wikipedia's list of lists pages.