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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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In 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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Usually smaller-scale, but large-scale systems also used
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Desktop also uses multithreaded programs, which are a lot like parallel programs (again functional not data parallel)
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Demand for improving throughput on sequential workloads
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Greatest use of small-scale multiprocessors
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Solid application demand exists and will increase
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