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Re:Sequoia is ranked the world's fastest supercomputer by ColinWright on Tuesday June 19, 2012 @03:50AM (#4130708)
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 ...

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Re:Sequoia is ranked the world's fastest supercomputer by mparlane on Tuesday June 19, 2012 @06:10AM (#4131036)
This is like wikipedia's list of lists pages.
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Re:Sequoia is ranked the world's fastest supercomputer by jfoutz on Tuesday June 19, 2012 @01:55AM (#4130450)
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.
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Re:Sequoia is ranked the world's fastest supercomputer by mparlane on Tuesday June 19, 2012 @01:33AM (#4130408)
On it's test phase it was generating hash collisions.

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

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Re:Sequoia is ranked the world's fastest supercomputer by mjwalshe on Tuesday June 19, 2012 @05:14AM (#4130903)
The fastest non "black" system you mean :-)
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