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China targets top spot in supercomputing with fully domestic, CPU-only machine
May 5, 2026
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China has unveiled a new supercomputer built from entirely home-grown CPUs, with the aim of beating the world’s fastest machine while sidestepping US export controls. Known as Lingsheng or LineShine, it is designed to reach 2 exaflops – or two quintillion calculations per second – edging past the 1.8-exaflop El Capitan, the current record holder at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California.
Unlike other exascale supercomputers, which rely on graphics processing units (GPUs),...
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