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Chinese supercomputer leapfrogs best US machines to be ranked world’s fastest (www.theguardian.com)

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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.

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[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

[–] mereo@piefed.ca 21 points 1 week ago

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.