LineShine achieved a sustained performance of 2.198 exaflops, becoming the first supercomputer to surpass two exaflops of sustained computing power.

The Chinese supercomputer LineShine was ranked as the fastest in the world, despite not using any GPUs.

LineShine has pushed the US out of the number-one spot on the TOP500 ranking.

LineShine achieved a sustained performance of 2.198 exaflops, becoming the first supercomputer to surpass two exaflops of sustained computing power.

The speedy machine displaces the U.S.’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s El Capitan at the top of the TOP500 rankings of the world’s fastest supercomputers

LineShine, con sede en el Centro Nacional de Supercomputación de Shenzhen, China, ocupó el primer puesto en el TOP500, que se publica dos veces al año.