Therefore the increasing popularity of tablet computers should add to the expected surge in the SSD space.

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Samsung shipped 250.0 million PCs, tablets, and smartphones in the past year, up 119.3% from the previous year, driven largely in part by its surge in the smartphone space.

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As desktop PCs and portable PCs declined (-4.1% and -3.4%, respectively), the overall smart connected device space continued to surge to just over 1.2 billion shipments cumulatively in 2012.

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We have a proposed stormwater control plan that will use a host of green infrastructure like rain gardens, green roof technology and green space to keep harmful storm surge out of out sewer system.

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The BBC's Justin Webb in Washington says opponents of war will question the purpose of the surge, if the Iraqis themselves cannot use the breathing space provided by US forces to find long-term solutions.

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