China’s LineShine debuts at number one in Top500 – a list sometimes viewed as a national measure of global tech prowess

China’s LineShine debuts at number one in Top500 – a list sometimes viewed as a national measure of global tech prowess

A supercomputer in China now outranks its US counterparts as the world’s most powerful. It is the first time since 2017 that a Chinese computer has topped a list sometimes viewed as a measure of a nation’s technological prowess.

The LineShine computer in Shenzhen displaced top-ranked US computer El Capitan in the Top500 rankings released on Tuesday. It was LineShine’s debut on the list.

China’s LineShine differs from other high-performance computers in that it runs entirely on conventional computer chips (CPUs), instead of the graphics processors (GPUs), commonly used for AI. It requires about 42.2 megawatts of electricity to operate, according to the list.

  • Pommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.org
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    2 hours ago

    This is it. China also has billionaires, but they aren’t more powerful than the state.
    And they know that.
    They use at least a part of their wealth to support their society, cause there’s a realistic danger that they’ll lose it all if they get too cocky.