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Quantum computing is about to get a lot more real (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-02 | tags: quantum computing, supercomputers, federal funding

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Daily briefing: Editing the epigenome with CRISPR to treat disease (feeds.nature.com)

2026-06-29 | by Graham | tags: crisper, epigenome, china

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Microsoft Slammed for Building Copyright-Infringing Supercomputer for OpenAI in New Court Filing (slashdot.org)

2026-06-28 | by Posted | get AI Supercomputer Cloud Service → | tags: microsoft, openai, supercomputer

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TOP500 at ISC’26: We have a New Number 1 Supercomputer (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-28 | by George Cozma | get Cray EX Supercomputer → | tags: supercomputer, top500, linshine

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China claims the world’s fastest supercomputer (theverge.com)

2026-06-28 | by Terrence O'Brien | get Cray XC50 Supercomputer → | tags: china, lineshine, supercomputer

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China Defies US Restrictions and Builds the World’s Fastest Supercomputer (wired.com)

2026-06-28 | by Fernanda González | get Cray XC50 Supercomputer → | tags: lineshine, top500, el capitan

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NYT slams Microsoft for building copyright-infringing supercomputer for OpenAI (arstechnica.com)

2026-06-26 | get Microsoft Azure AI Server → | tags: nyt, microsoft, openai

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Microsoft built supercomputer to help OpenAI infringe copyrights, NYT alleged (arstechnica.com)

2026-06-26 | get Microsoft Azure AI Server → | tags: microsoft, openai, nytimes

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China’s LineShine just topped the global supercomputer ranking: what you need to know (feeds.nature.com)

2026-06-25 | by Gibney | get Supermicro SuperServer 1029U-TR4 → | tags: lineshine, supercomputer, shenzhen

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China tops the list of fastest supercomputers with a CPU-only behemoth, ending US champion El Capitan's reign — 2.198 exaflops of performance without a single GPU (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-24 | by Luke James | get Cray XC50 Supercomputer → | tags: china, supercomputers, lineshine

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Chinese Supercomputer Overtakes U.S. as World’s Fastest (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-06-24 | get Cray XC50 Supercomputer → | tags: china, lineshine, supercomputer

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China just built the world's most powerful supercomputer – using Huawei chips and no GPUs (techspot.com)

2026-06-24 | get Huawei Ascend AI Processor → | tags: china, huawei, topshine

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China Reclaims Fastest Supercomputer At 2 Exaflops (slashdot.org)

2026-06-23 | get Cray XC50 Supercomputer → | tags: china, supercomputer, exaflops

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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 (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-23 | by Anton Shilov | get HPE Cray EX Supercomputer → | tags: lineshine, supercomputer, el capitan

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China takes back top spot in latest supercomputer ranking (engadget.com)

2026-06-23 | by Steve Dent | get HPC Gaming Desktop → | tags: china, lineshine, supercomputer

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SpaceX signs computing power deal with open-source AI startup Reflection worth up to $6.3 billion (cnbc.com)

2026-06-22 | by Deirdre Bosa | get Reflection AI Developer Kit → | tags: spacex, reflection ai, colossus supercomputer

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Visiting the History of Computing and Play (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-16 | by Samuel Arbesman | get History of Computing Board Game → | tags: cray supercomputers, large scale systems, next

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Can Europe train a frontier AI model on the compute it owns? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-15 | tags: eurohpc, eurohpc supercomputers, euromesh

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Show HN: Can Europe train a frontier AI model on the compute it owns? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-15 | get AI Compute Power Monitor → | tags: eurohpc, eurohpc supercomputers, eurohpc

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Soviet 80s supercomputer project "Start" (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-28 | tags: soviet, supercomputer, start

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Nvidia CEO wants Taiwan to be center of “AI revolution,” not US (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-27 | get Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 → | tags: nvidia, taiwan, ai revolution

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AI Datacenters Were Built for GPUs. What Happens When You Remove the GPUs? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-25 | by Published By | get GPU Cooling Fan → | tags: ai datacenters, nvidia, gpu removal

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First ever Cray T3D Supercomputer goes up for auction with $81,000 reserve — Europe’s fastest supercomputer in June 1996 goes on the block (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-24 | by Mark Tyson | get Cray T3D Supercomputer Model → | tags: cray t3d, edinburgh university, top500 list

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AMD’s Next Big Chip Hopes To Beat Nvidia’s CPUs While They’re in the Crib (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-21 | get AMD Ryzen 7000 Series → | tags: amd, nvidia, ai supercomputer

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China bypasses US GPU bans with 1.54-exaflops 'LineShine' supercomputer — CPU-only monster packs 2.4 million Huawei-designed Armv9 cores (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-17 | by Anton Shilov | get Huawei Ascend AI Processor → | tags: china, huawei, armv9

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Colossus: The Forbin Project (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-14 | tags: colossus, forbin project, supercomputer

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The Quest to Use AI to Help Find New Drugs (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-05-02 | tags: eli lilly, roche, supercomputers

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China announces CPU-only exascale supercomputer with 47,000 homemade processors, record 2 Exaflops of performance without GPUs — Lingshen super said to use Huawei Kunpeng servers and no foreign-made components (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-28 | by Luke James | get Huawei Kunpeng Server → | tags: huawei kunpeng, exascale supercomputer, ling shen

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The UK Launches Its $675 Million Sovereign AI Fund (wired.com)

2026-04-16 | by Joel Khalili | get AI Development Kit → | tags: sovereign ai, uk government, openai

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Hacker Steals 10 Petabytes of Data From China's Tianjin Supercomputer Center (slashdot.org)

2026-04-09 | get Data Storage Backup Drive → | tags: tianjin supercomputer, national supercomputing center, flamingchina