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China Defies US Restrictions and Builds the World’s Fastest Supercomputer

China has reclaimed the world's fastest supercomputer title for the first time since 2017. The LineShine system, located at the National Supercomputing Centre in Shenzhen, topped the June 2026 TOP500 list. It achieved this ranking using domestically designed chips without the use of GPUs.

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LineShine has displaced the U.S.-built El Capitan as the fastest supercomputer in the world.

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  1. China's LineShine Supercomputer Takes Top Spot in Global Rankings

    China has reclaimed the world's fastest supercomputer title for the first time since 2017. The LineShine system, located at the National Supercomputing Centre in Shenzhen, topped the June 2026 TOP500 list. It achieved this ranking using domestically designed chips without the use of GPUs.

    What's confirmed:

    • LineShine is ranked as the fastest supercomputer in the world on the TOP500 list.
    • The system is located at the National Supercomputing Centre in Shenzhen, China.
    • LineShine does not use GPUs.
    • The supercomputer uses domestically designed chips.
    • LineShine displaced the U.S.-built El Capitan to take the top spot.
    • This is the first time a Chinese system has held the top ranking since 2017.
    • LineShine achieved a performance of 2.198 exaflops on the HPL benchmark.

    Still unconfirmed:

    • The system runs on 2.45 million Huawei-designed ARMv9 CPU cores.
    • LineShine is the first system to surpass 2,000 exaflops.
    • El Capitan remains stronger on AI-style workloads due to mixed-precision results.
    • President Donald Trump signed an executive order to put the U.S. ahead in quantum computing.
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