China's supercomputer overtakes US and Germany to become world's most powerful
China's supercomputer overtakes US and Germany to become world's most powerful A Chinese supercomputer has overtaken its American competitors to top the list of the world's most powerful 500 supercomputers . This is the first time a Chinese computer has topped the list since 2017. The list is often seen as an important indicator of a country's technological prowess and competitive strength. The Lineshine supercomputer in Shenzhen, China , has replaced the top-ranked American computer El Capitan in the list of ' Top 500 Projects ' released on Tuesday. This is the first entry of the Chinese computer in this list. According to scientists from the Top 500 Project, the Lineshine computer at China's ' National Supercomputing Center ' has achieved a speed of 2.198 'exaflops'. That is, it can perform more than 2 quintillion (1,000,000,000,000,000,000) calculations per second. El Capitan, located at the US government's Lawrence Livermore Natio...