The superior performance and high-reliability Spinpoint F4 is engineered for high-end computing in PCs, Macs, high-end workstations and server applications.
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Several industry segments make use of high-end computing including life sciences, energy, scientific research, defense, manufacturing and finance.
Sam Palmisano then shifted the company even more to high-end computing by selling the PC business and enlarging its software portfolio.
The deal would improve HP's position in key markets such as storage and high-end computing, as well as the economics of its PC business.
While discrete graphics cards high performance appeals to gamers and professionals who require high-end computing, integrated graphics is aimed to support minimal graphics requirements of a PC.
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While Tesla will help Nvidia to fend off market share losses, the general growth in high-end computing may end up stimulating market growth higher than we forecast leading to potential upside to our price estimate.
In the long run, consumers may grow to believe that high-end computing tablets with desktop operating systems are worth a higher premium than other tablets, but until then ASPs on Windows 8 and Windows RT devices need to come down to drive higher volumes.
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Certainly, a high-end quad-core CPU is faster for general computing than a high-end dual-core CPU, all else being equal.
If we end up with wearable computing and high-definition Google Glasses, this may not be such a far-fetched concept.
"Sun specializes in high-end gear, and somebody has to supply the computers that power this utility computing, " says Carr.
For example, the IP data center segment grew by 170% year-on-year, reflecting the fact that many companies are buying high-end servers that can handle the massive Internet traffic associated with cloud-based computing services.
But first the benefits will accrue to high-end uses, the kinds of applications IBM itself is targeting in which intuitive computing will change the game as much as mathematical computing did for banks and computer games.
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Its suite of new features, supported by enormous visual computing power, delivers capabilities far beyond what's currently available, even in high-end dedicated DSLR cameras, to mainstream smartphones and tablets.
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