A supercomputer in China now outranks its US counterparts as the world’s most powerful, which is the first time since 2017 that a Chinese computer has topped a list sometimes viewed as a measure of a nation's technological prowess.
The LineShine computer in Shenzhen, China, displaced top-ranked US computer El Capitan in the latest version of the TOP500 ranking announced Tuesday. It was the Chinese computer's debut on the list.