Chinese supercomputer displaces US machines as world’s fastest for first time since 2017

A Chinese supercomputer named LineShine has surpassed U.S. machines to become the world’s most powerful, marking the first time since 2017 that a Chinese system has topped the TOP500 ranking. LineShine, located at China’s National Supercomputing Center, achieved 2.198 exaflops and operates using conventional CPUs rather than GPUs, while the U.S. El Capitan now ranks second.