# China's LineShine supercomputer dethrones US' El Capitan, secures first place in Top 500 list — first machine in the rankings to sustain more than 2 ExaFLOPS of double-precision performance using only CPUs

> China's LineShine supercomputer has dethroned El Capitan as the world's number one supercomputer, going straight to the top of the charts after the National Supercomputer Center in Shenzhen (NSCS) submitted its results.

- **Source:** [Tom's Hardware](https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/supercomputers/chinas-lineshine-supercomputer-dethrones-us-el-capitan-secures-first-place-in-top-500-list-first-machine-in-the-rankings-to-sustain-more-than-2-exaflops-of-double-precision-performance-using-only-cpus?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a3aa517f1ae8b0770c5b4c5)
- **Published:** 2026-06-23
- **Category:** Computers & IT
- **Tags:** #ai
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