@npr: A Chinese supercomputer is now considered the fastest on Earth, knocking the U.S. down a notch. The new No. 1 supercomputer is called LineShine, or ling1sheng4 in Chinese. It sits in the city of Shenzhen, and its debut on the list bumps the Lawrence Livermore National Lab’s “El Capitan” supercomputer down to No. 2. The Chinese system was clocked doing a blistering 2.198 exaflops — or 2 quintillion, 198 quadrillion calculations per second. The Shenzhen supercomputing center says China’s return to the top of the supercomputer list marks a new era in supercomputing. Check out NPR News Now wherever you listen to podcasts for more of today’s news.
This is normal. It happens every few years, with China and the United States going back and forth over who has the fastest supercomputer. The U.S. is already working on ATS 5 and other DOE supercomputers that will likely overtake China again when they come online.
2026-06-30 01:59:59
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Creative Suitez :
We're getting so cooked in every department
2026-07-01 03:08:08
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xXiTzMeBXx :
Technically the US quantum computer is the fastest right now…but let them have a W
2026-06-30 02:03:31
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Christopher :
“But at what cost?”
2026-06-30 01:49:09
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Carlos D. Vanguardia :
China keeps winning
2026-06-30 18:52:59
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555XX :
what are our taxes even paying for anymore
2026-06-30 23:43:46
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frostydux :
The best GPUs are made by TSMC, in China
2026-06-30 19:12:44
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Snot dragon #1🤧 :
sure it does 😂
2026-07-02 10:30:10
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ʅǝᴉʞ :
can I play solitaire on it?
2026-06-30 04:24:10
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Ryan97597 :
Who knows what the CIA has... 😂
2026-06-30 03:35:02
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Ski. OTM Options. Overland :
Will it run Doom?
2026-06-30 20:15:06
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NIMRODtheGOD :
Obama wouldn't let this happen
2026-06-30 02:52:02
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Pao :
i though tiange was faster
2026-07-02 11:48:45
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System Notification :
wait until they're cooking sub nM gpu's. Won't be long
2026-07-02 09:05:23
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Ratoa :
but what are they calculating
2026-06-30 05:03:49
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BlockTalk Studio :
Super computers are old. We need super duper computers!
2026-06-30 20:22:39
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Stooky :
reminder that this is how I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream started
2026-06-30 17:14:03
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Falling Chemist :
This has been a constant back-and-forth between the US, Japan, and China for the past two decades. This is not new
2026-06-30 04:16:26
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Mazz :
This is why AI data centers are being built. If these machines are computing this fast, where does the data go? Data centers.
2026-06-29 23:40:55
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Carl Standish :
but can it run Minecraft ATM
2026-06-30 15:43:45
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ur dad :
All CPU’s??! Now that’s innovation.
2026-06-30 04:51:46
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