Kerry Mitchell 🍁2d ago

A Chinese-made supercomputer topped the list of fastest supercomputers this week. The LineShine system uses domestically developed central processing units instead of GPUs.

The U.S. restricted Chinese access to Intel chips and other hardware in 2015, and the Biden admin blocked access to Nvidia GPUs. https://top500.org/news/lineshine-debuts-no-1-top500-enters-new-global-exascale-era/ #computers #supercomputers

LineShine Debuts at No. 1 as the TOP500 Enters a New Global Exascale Era | TOP500

Tom's Hardware: For The Hardcore PC Enthusiast [Unofficial]3d ago

China tops the list of fastest supercomputers with a CPU-only behemoth, ending US champion El Capitan's reign — 2.198 exaflops of performance without a single GPU

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/supercomputers/china-tops-the-top500-with-a-cpu-only-supercomputer-ending-el-capitans-reign

The Japan Times4d ago
China has topped the U.S. with the world's fastest supercomputer, but the results may say more about Beijing's desire to show self-sufficiency than the ​AI race. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/06/24/tech/china-us-supercomputer-ai-work/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #china #us #computers #supercomputers #ai #semiconductors
China beats U.S. with world’s fastest supercomputer, but race not geared for AI work

The Chinese victory on ​the ​list more likely shows that China wanted recognition for its chip design efforts.

The Japan Times
NYT > World4d ago

China Takes Supercomputer Crown From U.S. For First Time Since 2017

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/technology/china-supercomputer-crown-us.html

#Tech #Supercomputers #GlobalNews

China Takes Supercomputer Crown From U.S. For First Time Since 2017

A supercomputer in Shenzhen was declared the world’s fastest. It uses only standard microprocessors and not the special-purpose chips called graphics processing units.

The New York Times
NYT > Technology4d ago

China Takes Supercomputer Crown From U.S. For First Time Since 2017

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/technology/china-supercomputer-crown-us.html

#Technology #Supercomputers #China

China Takes Supercomputer Crown From U.S. For First Time Since 2017

A supercomputer in Shenzhen was declared the world’s fastest. It uses only standard microprocessors and not the special-purpose chips called graphics processing units.

The New York Times
NYT > Business4d ago

China Takes Supercomputer Crown From U.S. For First Time Since 2017

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/technology/china-supercomputer-crown-us.html

#Tech #Supercomputers #GlobalEconomy

China Takes Supercomputer Crown From U.S. For First Time Since 2017

A supercomputer in Shenzhen was declared the world’s fastest. It uses only standard microprocessors and not the special-purpose chips called graphics processing units.

The New York Times
Tom's Hardware: For The Hardcore PC Enthusiast [Unofficial]4d ago

China's LineShine supercomputer dethrones US' El Capitan, secures first place in Top 500 list — first machine in the rankings to sustain more than 2 ExaFLOPS of double-precision performance using only CPUs

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/supercomputers/chinas-lineshine-supercomputer-dethrones-us-el-capitan-secures-first-place-in-top-500-list-first-machine-in-the-rankings-to-sustain-more-than-2-exaflops-of-double-precision-performance-using-only-cpus

Andrew Jones (hpcnotes)4d ago

A lot of the focus on today’s latest #Top500 list will obviously focus on the new #1 system from China.

But the other big story is that a single commercial user site (ENI) now has 2 #supercomputers in the top 10. I don’t think that has ever happened before?

#HPc #ISC26

Andrew Jones (hpcnotes)4d ago

#Top500 FUD:

Meaningless because not all #supercomputers are listed. - This has always been true.

HPL doesn’t represent range of real applications. - No single benchmark ever will.

#FP64 isn’t critical anymore. - It’s still heavily used in many/most production #HPC apps.

Andrew Jones (hpcnotes)4d ago

“Sovereign #HPC”

Definition:

A label self-applied to #supercomputers by buyers who bought similar hardware from similar vendors as previous systems they bought, and hosted in the same datacentre, but it’s now sovereign because they said so.

A debate for #ISC26 attendees?