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Chinese Supercomputer LineShine Tops Top500 Rankings
LineShine in Shenzhen displaced El Capitan to claim the number-one position on the Top500 list released Tuesday. It is the first time since 2017 that a Chinese machine has led the rankings.
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LineShine, located in Shenzhen, China, has been ranked number one on the Top500 list of the world's fastest supercomputers. The system displaced El Capitan, which had held the top position, and the rankings were released on Tuesday. This marks the first time since 2017 that a Chinese supercomputer has reached the number-one spot.
El Capitan now ranks second. Two additional U.S. supercomputers at national laboratories in Tennessee and Illinois follow in third and fourth place. The Guardian reported that LineShine achieved 2.198 exaflops and is the only publicly verified exascale computer that relies entirely on conventional CPUs instead of GPUs.
It requires about 42.2 megawatts of electricity and is housed at China’s National Supercomputing Center. El Capitan is located at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. Germany’s Jupiter supercomputer ranks fifth.
The University of Bristol’s Isambard-AI ranks 11th and is the highest-ranked UK entry. Western Australia’s Setonix ranks 86th and is the best-performing of four Australian machines. LineShine made its debut on the list at the top position.
