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Chinese supercomputer leapfrogs best US machines to be ranked world’s fastest

China’s LineShine debuts at number one in Top500 – a list sometimes viewed as a national measure of global tech prowess

A supercomputer in China now outranks its US counterparts as the world’s most powerful. It is the first time since 2017 that a Chinese computer has topped a list sometimes viewed as a measure of a nation’s technological prowess.

The LineShine computer in Shenzhen displaced top-ranked US computer El Capitan in the Top500 rankings released on Tuesday. It was LineShine’s debut on the list.

China’s LineShine differs from other high-performance computers in that it runs entirely on conventional computer chips (CPUs), instead of the graphics processors (GPUs), commonly used for AI. It requires about 42.2 megawatts of electricity to operate, according to the list.

Chinese supercomputer leapfrogs best US machines to be ranked world’s fastesthttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jun/24/china-supercomputer-world-fastest-top500-ranking-lineshineOpen linkView original on lemmy.world

China is going to win over usa...

...I mean as the next world dominating superpower.

And with the state of America... It's kind of feeling like "whatever".

America flew too close to the sun.

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Wholly agree, not to mention the long time horizons China operates with. Compared to short term shareholder profits we haven't stood a chance since Reagan

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That’s all billionaires. They deal in short term because their lives are short term. They are parasites. They don’t care about the future of America because their narcissism makes them think they could do this anywhere. They want everything now and don’t care about the long term because they will insulate theirselves from the consequences. That’s why all of them have compounds and private security forces.

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Truth. Except I don't think it's just America... It's like psychopathic mindset and lifestyle that is nationless. America was just the weakest nation and got pwnd by them.

Real players of the game think above the state.

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This is it. China also has billionaires, but they aren't more powerful than the state.
And they know that.
They use at least a part of their wealth to support their society, cause there's a realistic danger that they'll lose it all if they get too cocky.

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https://top500.org/news/lineshine-debuts-no-1-top500-enters-new-global-exascale-era/

If this is true which it apparently is, it's incredible, because this should theoretically be next to impossible.
AMD and Nvidia compute units should be pretty superior.

A few years back China had the top 3 super computers of the world. But the fast development of AI processors by especially AMD and Nvidia that China was not allowed to have, made it more difficult for China.

I suspect few people will realize how big of an achievement it is for China to take back the crown without the special chips from AMD and Nvidia.

This article has a lot more info:
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/china-bypasses-us-gpu-bans-with-1-54-exaflops-lineshine-supercomputer-cpu-only-monster-packs-2-4-million-huawei-designed-armv9-cores

The system is based on ArmV9 custom designed by Huawei.
Well anyways, USA shot themselves in the foot, when they prevented Chinese companies from having high end AMD and Nvidia AI technology. Because now China will just make their own.

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Indeed. Paradoxically, it was the US's decision to limit exports of CPUs and GPUs that gave China the push it needed to stop relying on American technology and focus on becoming independent.

China in 2026 is not the same country as it was before. It is now a technological and R&D powerhouse.

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...and as long as Americans are up in arms about data centers, we'll never take the lead ever again.

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...and as long as those US data centers are owned by psychopathic pedophile billionaires and corporations: Good, let China keep the lead.

Fuck the U.S. Oligarchs.

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