Background Information
   - Started in 6/93 by Jack J. Dongarra,
     Hans W. Meuer and Erich Strohmaier
TOP500 Motivation
   - Basis for analyzing the HCP market
   - Quantification of observations
   - Detection of trends
     (market, architecture, technology)
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Dongarra, Meuer, Strohmaier -- TOP500
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