China reclaims world's fastest supercomputer title for first time since 2018

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China's LineShine supercomputer, housed at the National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen, has topped the TOP500 ranking, displacing the US-built El Capitan. This marks the first time China has held the top position since 2018. Notably, LineShine achieves this milestone without using GPUs, which are typically central to high-performance computing systems. The achievement comes despite US trade restrictions limiting the sale of advanced computing components to China. Analysts view the milestone not only as a technical feat but also as a geopolitical signal from Beijing to Washington amid ongoing technology tensions.

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