Not content to sit in second place for too long, the US along with IBM have worked hard to re-secure the top spot on the top 500 fastest supercomputer list. It's name: Sequoia. It's performance: about +50% faster than Japan's K computer, which now sits in the #2 spot. According to David Turek, IBM's VP of Exascale Computing, Sequoia's planning spans back two years - and a definite goal was to reclaim that top spot.
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