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7 Conclusions

From the present six releases of the TOP500 we see:

With the TOP500 project going into its fourth year, many trends and evolutions of the HPC market could be made quite transparent. This has proven the TOP500 to be a very valuable tool. Some of the trends mentioned can surely be stated and anticipated without the TOP500 while many others are certainly surprising and could not be visualized without it.


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