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There is a dynamic interplay between application needing more hardware and hardware allowing new/more applications
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Transition to parallel computing has occurred for scientific and engineering computing but this is 1-2% of computer market
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Integration of Data/Computing
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Rapid progress in commercial computing
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Database and transactions as well as financial modeling/oil reservoir simulation
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Web servers including multi-media and search growing importance
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Typically functional or pleasingly parallel
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Traditionally smaller-scale, but recently large-scale systems of growing use for Internet (world-wide) resources
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