China regains the world's fastest supercomputer title with LineShine, achieving 2.198 exaflops, surpassing the US's El Capitan, and notably, the first to exceed two exaflops using only CPUs.
China has unveiled a new supercomputer built from entirely home-grown CPUs, with the aim of beating the world’s fastest machine while sidestepping US export controls. Known as Lingsheng or LineShine, it is designed to reach 2 exaflops – or two quintillion calculations per second – edging past the 1.8-exaflop El Capitan, the current record holder at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. Unlike other exascale supercomputers, which rely on graphics processing units (GPUs),...
China has unveiled a new supercomputer built from entirely home-grown CPUs, with the aim of beating the world’s fastest machine while sidestepping US export controls. Known as Lingsheng or LineShine, it is designed to reach 2 exaflops – or two quintillion calculations per second – edging past the 1.8-exaflop El Capitan, the current record holder at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. Unlike other exascale supercomputers, which rely on graphics processing units (GPUs),...
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology reports the country has reached 1,882 exaflops in AI computing power—over 6,000 times higher than recorded in the Top500 global supercomputer ranking. When adjusted to Top500 standards, China's capacity falls to 120-230 exaflops, still far above publicly known levels. China has stopped submitting its most powerful systems to global rankings amid US export controls and geopolitical tensions.
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology reports the country has achieved 1,882 exaflops of computing power, while the US holds roughly 50-75% of global AI computing capacity according to Stanford estimates. Unlike China, the US does not publish a unified national figure as most AI infrastructure is privately owned and measured using different standards.
