- The list ranks the world’s 500 fastest supercomputers using the HPL benchmark, with China’s LineShine (2.198 Exaflops) debuting at No. 1.
- The USA dominated with El Capitan (#2, 1.809 Exaflops), Frontier (#3, 1.353 Exaflops), and Aurora (#4, 1.012 Exaflops), while Germany’s JUPITER Booster (#5) marked Europe’s first exascale.
- India featured 7 systems (18th globally), led by Shakti Cloud (#32, 84.31 Petaflops) operated by Yotta Data Services on Dell PowerEdge + NVIDIA H100 GPUs.
- Other Indian entries include AIRAWAT‑PSAI (#211), Arka (#219), and multiple PARAM Rudra series (#245–318).
- India’s tally compares with USA (161 systems) and China (31 systems), reflecting a modest but growing HPC presence.
- The edition also tracks HPCG, HPL‑MxP, and Green500 metrics, underscoring global advances in efficiency and accelerator usage.
Question:
Q.1 Which supercomputer ranked first in the 67th edition of the TOP500 list?a) Frontier
b) Aurora
c) El Capitan
d) LineShine
Answer: d) E China's LineShine debuted directly at Rank 1 with a performance of 2.198 Exaflops.
