China’s LineShine dethrones El Capitan as the world’s fastest supercomputer (opens in new tab)

China has reclaimed the top spot in the global supercomputing race. The debut of China’s LineShine on the 67th edition of the El Capitan’s run at the top the list and marks the first time a China-based system has led the rankings since Sunway TaihuLight in 2017. Installed at the National Supercomputing Centre in Shenzhen and built by Shenzhen Cloud Computing Center, LineShine achieved 2.198 exaflops on the High Performance Linpack (HPL) benchmark, putting it more than 20% ahead of the No. 2-r...