China's LineShine supercomputer has reclaimed the world's fastest title, surpassing the US's El Capitan using 45,000 CPUs and no GPUs, demonstrating China's ability to bypass US chip restrictions while exceeding 2,000 exaflops.

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China has reclaimed the world's fastest supercomputer title for the first time since 2018, with LineShine surpassing America's El Capitan. Remarkably, it uses no GPUs — just 45,000 CPU processors — signaling China's ability to work around U.S. chip restrictions while crossing the 2,000 exaflop barrier.

China claims the world’s fastest supercomputer

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