China's homegrown-chip supercomputer LineShine tops global ranking, overtaking US for first time since 2017
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John Liu
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China's LineShine supercomputer, powered by domestically produced chips, has claimed the top spot in the latest TOP500 ranking, overtaking the US for the first time since 2017. The machine is housed at the National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen and replaces the American El Capitan as the world's most powerful supercomputer, highlighting the intensifying tech rivalry between the two nations.
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· 2 pulledChina has clinched the top spot on a list of the world's most powerful supercomputers, overtaking the United States for the first time since 2017 with a model powered by homegrown chips amid an intense race for tech supremacy between the two superpowers.
The LineShine machine, housed at the National Supercomputing Center in China's tech hub of Shenzhen, replaced the American titleholder El Capitan in the latest biannual TOP500 ranking.
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