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China Tops Global Supercomputing Rankings in Blow to the U.S.
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First reported by Calcalist · 17 hours ago
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What happened
China's new LineShine supercomputer has taken first place in the TOP500 rankings, displacing the U.S. El Capitan and marking the first Chinese lead since 2017. The development comes days after Donald Trump signed orders to speed up U.S. quantum computing and AI, while Li Qiang called China's tech rise a global opportunity.
- 01China's LineShine was ranked the world's most powerful supercomputer.
- 02It scored 2.198 exa-flops and beat the U.S. El Capitan.
- 03The system uses CPUs, not the GPUs common in AI systems.
- 04Trump signed two orders to accelerate quantum computing and AI.
- 05Li Qiang said China's tech growth is a "global opportunity".
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