The rapid adoption of fourth generation (4G) smartphones, tablet PCs and solid state drives is expected to drive demand for a broader range of high-performance NAND solutions.

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Further, the social dynamics that companies like LinkedIn thrive on offer something completely different from the first-generation Internet companies: incredibly rapid and organic growth.

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The next generation of gaming will be driven by rapid innovation on the software side.

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The world's past wealth creation is outstripped every generation by innovation, human progress and the rapid growth of the above-subsistence population.

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Meanwhile, we see rapid growth in highly educated and deeply digital, next-generation workers in emerging economic hot spots that offer new growth opportunities.

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While Pew's study will likely cheer the hearts of atheists, the rapid rise of religiously unaffiliated Americans hasn't necessarily spawned a generation of infidels.

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Because of both an abundance of liquidity (money to lend) and the rapid development of new mortgage methods and mechanisms, loans were made promiscuously to a generation of buyers.

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Abe says many music-makers of his generation face a challenge because of both China's past and its recent rapid development.

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But with consistent and rapid improvements in technology, scientists are no longer able to keep pace with the rate of data generation, which includes interrelated data of different types.

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