Sanctioned Chinese supercomputer maker stripped of IO500 benchmark crown, Intel-powered Aurora retakes the lead — record-breaking ParaStor F9000 storage system doesn’t meet reproducibility requirements

Sugon’s record-breaking ParaStor F9000 storage systems have lost their IO500 Production crowns and have been moved to the Research list after failing to meet the benchmark’s highest reproducibility requirements, which include widely available architecture details and general availability of hardware itself.

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The supercomputer race no longer means what it used to, as rankings lose relevance in the AI era — as privately held compute clusters are built, running HPL becomes a distraction
 The supercomputer race no longer means what it used to, as rankings lose relevance in the AI era — as privately held compute clusters are built, running HPL becomes a distraction

We review the current state of high-performance supercomputing, interviewing experts, including the deputy head of high-performance computing at GWDG, to find out exactly where the current race stands.

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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

China’s LineShine supercomputer has taken the top spot on the 67th TOP500 list, posting 2.198 exaflops on the High Performance Linpack benchmark.

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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

China’s LineShine supercomputer is now officially the world’s fastest FP64 machine, but its mixed-precision results are behind those of El Capitan, Frontier, and Aurora.

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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

The first Cray T3D supercomputer ever produced, serial number 6001, was recently put up for auction, with opening bids from £60,000 (~$81,000) invited.
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Elon Musk restarts Dojo3 ‘space’ supercomputer project as AI5 chip design gets in ‘good shape’ — will be first Tesla-built supercomputer to feature all-in-house hardware, with no help from Nvidia

Elon Musk confirms the restart of the Dojo3 supercomputer project. Success in AI5 chip design has enabled Tesla to start porting resources over to Musk’s next-gen supercomputer aimed at “space AI”.
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11 Amazing Engineering Events in 2026
 11 Amazing Engineering Events in 2026

This article is part of our special report Top Tech 2026.Brain Chip Helps Blind People SeeElon Musk says his company Neuralink is aiming to restore partial sight to fully blind patients in 2026. The company plans to test its newest and most powerful i…

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