Doesn't this flip flop every few years anyway? This is the 4th time China has had the fastest according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_supercomputing

Interesting, it will be based on the ARMv9 architecture and will be CPU only, no GPUs

I think the top500 is harmful to the hpc community because it encourages people to build huge, mostly homogenous hpc facilities instead of a network of smaller, heterogenous hpc facilities

Since this article is very light on details-

It's using Huawei LX2 ARMv9 cores, 304 cores @1.5ghz 690W (with 1x? SVE2 unit and an SME unit, nice) with two seats per node, originally it was to have 20,480 nodes in 90 cabinets for 40,960 CPUs (12,451,840 cores...) but the TOP500 listing has more cores (13,789,440 - 4,400 more) than some of the original documentation, so they must have added a few cabinets.

Pretty neat, brute-forcing it with CPUs makes for an infinitely more useful machine than GPU compute, despite the higher power cost. (42MW vs. 29MW for El Capitan)

Exaflops/s : WTF are Exaflop accelerating?

I've heard it said that when you have the fastest supercomputer, you have the advantage of running computations and simulations that are only accessible by future hardware. The country that has the fastest supercomputer is therefore the most advanced. They have a machine that can reach into the future and do what everyone else cannot.

Direct link to the current release of the Top500 list:

https://top500.org/lists/top500/list/2026/06/

Whew Alps is barely still in the top ten.

Maybe Orange pedophile trump should cutaway more from science, inbred man followed by all inbreeding morons, is your family tree a stick if so you're a perfect candidate to be a maga gop

China is going to win over usa...

...I mean as the next world dominating superpower.

And with the state of America... It's kind of feeling like "whatever".

America flew too close to the sun.

https://top500.org/news/lineshine-debuts-no-1-top500-enters-new-global-exascale-era/

If this is true which it apparently is, it's incredible, because this should theoretically be next to impossible.
AMD and Nvidia compute units should be pretty superior.

A few years back China had the top 3 super computers of the world. But the fast development of AI processors by especially AMD and Nvidia that China was not allowed to have, made it more difficult for China.

I suspect few people will realize how big of an achievement it is for China to take back the crown without the special chips from AMD and Nvidia.

This article has a lot more info:
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/china-bypasses-us-gpu-bans-with-1-54-exaflops-lineshine-supercomputer-cpu-only-monster-packs-2-4-million-huawei-designed-armv9-cores

The system is based on ArmV9 custom designed by Huawei.
Well anyways, USA shot themselves in the foot, when they prevented Chinese companies from having high end AMD and Nvidia AI technology. Because now China will just make their own.

Friendship with Amerikkka ended. Now China is my new best friend.