{
  "meta": {
    "key": "top500",
    "title": "TOP500 #1 Systems",
    "unit": "GFLOPS",
    "category": "Computing",
    "source": "TOP500.org",
    "sourceUrl": "https://top500.org/lists/top500/",
    "verified": "2026-09-06",
    "url": "https://exponentialtracker.com/curve/top500",
    "csv": "https://exponentialtracker.com/data/top500.csv",
    "json": "https://exponentialtracker.com/data/top500.json",
    "retrievedFrom": "Compiled by Exponential Tracker and re-derived from the source named above. Rebuilt on every deploy, so re-fetch rather than trusting a saved copy to be current.",
    "rights": "The underlying data belongs to TOP500.org. This compilation may be reused with attribution to Exponential Tracker. No licence is claimed or implied over the source data.",
    "citation": "Exponential Tracker, \"TOP500 #1 Systems\", exponentialtracker.com/curve/top500, data verified 2026-09-06. Underlying source: TOP500.org."
  },
  "data": [
    {
      "year": 1993,
      "value": 59.7,
      "label": "CM-5"
    },
    {
      "year": 1994,
      "value": 143,
      "label": "Intel XP/S 140"
    },
    {
      "year": 1997,
      "value": 1068,
      "label": "ASCI Red (1 TFLOPS)"
    },
    {
      "year": 2000,
      "value": 4938,
      "label": "ASCI White"
    },
    {
      "year": 2002,
      "value": 35860,
      "label": "Earth Simulator"
    },
    {
      "year": 2004,
      "value": 70720,
      "label": "Blue Gene/L"
    },
    {
      "year": 2008,
      "value": 1026000,
      "label": "Roadrunner (1 PFLOPS)"
    },
    {
      "year": 2010,
      "value": 2566000,
      "label": "Tianhe-1A"
    },
    {
      "year": 2011,
      "value": 10510000,
      "label": "K Computer"
    },
    {
      "year": 2013,
      "value": 33860000,
      "label": "Tianhe-2"
    },
    {
      "year": 2016,
      "value": 93015000,
      "label": "Sunway"
    },
    {
      "year": 2018,
      "value": 143500000,
      "label": "Summit"
    },
    {
      "year": 2020,
      "value": 442010000,
      "label": "Fugaku"
    },
    {
      "year": 2022,
      "value": 1102000000,
      "label": "Frontier (1 EFLOPS)"
    },
    {
      "year": 2024,
      "value": 1742000000,
      "label": "El Capitan"
    },
    {
      "year": 2025,
      "value": 1809000000,
      "label": "El Capitan (remeasured)"
    },
    {
      "year": 2026,
      "value": 2198400000,
      "label": "LineShine (2 EFLOPS)"
    }
  ]
}