| Sumario: | The article discusses emerging trends in the international supercomputer industry. About three dozen smallish firms have survived by selling a total of some 500 machines a year; most of their customers have been technology-struck boffins doling out state money. Deep-pocketed giants, such as Hewlett-Packard and Intel, have pushed into the supercomputer market. Workstations made by firms such as Sun Microsystems Inc. are now so powerful that, at the high end, they can bid against and sometimes beat-low-end supercomputers.
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