
China’s LineShine dethrones El Capitan as the world’s fastest supercomputer
LineShine reclaims #1 on TOP500 for the first time since 2018, even without GPUs and under US component limits.
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LineShine reclaims #1 on TOP500 for the first time since 2018, even without GPUs and under US component limits.

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