1/ China Challenge: Believe It or Not*
Shaking Up the Supercomputer Rankings
2/ Which supercomputer was named the fastest in the world by the latest edition of the respected Top500 rankings?
3/ Answer: China’s LineShine system.
4/ LineShine is 20% faster than the No. 2 supercomputer, El Capitan, based at the US’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
5/ LineShine is built entirely with components made in China, from chips designed by Huawei to an operating system developed by researchers at the National University of Defense Technology. As The Wall Street Journal emphasizes (quoting from LineShine’s creators): “LineShine’s success ‘marks a historic step forward for China’s supercomputing industry in building an independent hardware and software ecosystem despite foreign technology restrictions.’”
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6/ *As part of an effort to improve our understanding of China, I will continue to offer another “Believe It or Not” about China each week. Readers are invited to send along candidates for the list.
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