China’s LineShine Supercomputer to Surpass US’s El Capitan
- China announced the LineShine supercomputer, aiming for over 2 exaflops performance using domestic CPUs by the end of 2025.
- If successful, LineShine would surpass the US’s El Capitan, which has a verified sustained performance of 1.742 exaflops.
- El Capitan was deployed in 2024 with a cost of $600M and features over 11 million cores across more than 11,000 nodes.
- LineShine’s CPU-only design avoids reliance on foreign technology, countering US export controls on high-end GPUs.
China’s ambition with the LineShine supercomputer is to achieve unprecedented computing power domestically, potentially outpacing the current leader, El Capitan. This move highlights China’s strategic focus on self-reliance in advanced technology sectors.
Source (3.2)https://cryptobriefing.com/china-lineshine-supercomputer-el-capitan/?rand=59535
