Chinese supercomputer leapfrogs best US machines to be ranked world’s fastest
Summary
China’s LineShine supercomputer is now ranked the world’s fastest, surpassing the top US machine, El Capitan. LineShine uses traditional computer chips instead of graphics processors and can perform over 2 quintillion calculations per second.Key Facts
- LineShine is located in Shenzhen, China, and leads the Top500 list of supercomputers for the first time since 2017.
- It achieved 2.198 exaflops, meaning it can do more than 2 quintillion calculations per second.
- LineShine runs on regular CPUs, while many other supercomputers use GPUs designed for AI tasks.
- It uses about 42.2 megawatts of electricity to operate.
- The previous top US supercomputer, El Capitan in California, now ranks second.
- The top five supercomputers are all publicly verified exascale machines, with two others in the US and one in Germany.
- Other countries with supercomputers in the top 10 include Italy, Switzerland, and Japan.
- The EU has a €20 billion plan to build facilities with very large supercomputers for AI research, aiming to catch up with the US and China.
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