China Unveils 2-Exaflop Lineshine Supercomputer With 2.45 Million Domestic CPU Cores

3 articles · Updated · Scientific Computing World · May 20

China has introduced the CPU-only Lineshine supercomputer, a system expected to reach about 2 exaflops of peak performance.
Roughly 2.45 million CPU cores power the machine, with the report emphasizing that the processors are domestically developed.
The design stands out for relying entirely on CPUs rather than mixing in accelerators, marking a distinct architecture choice for an exascale-class system.
The launch highlights China’s push to build top-tier high-performance computing capacity with homegrown chips.

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