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To: TimF who wrote (195874)	8/7/2006 9:15:32 PM
From: neolib	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

We can argue about time I suppose, but something on the neighborhood of one decade aught to do the trick. The best analogy I can think of is PC CPU's vs. custom Supercomputer CPU design. Modern supercomputers are now largely clusters of PC CPU's because one cannot afford to design a CPU which is so expensive that it will be made in very small numbers. Instead, the performance available in a design targeted at mass production with the concommitant large market is untouchable. The cheapest desktop CPU is pretty much the same design as the guts of the fastest supercomputer these days. Tanks and fighter aircraft are the supercomputer CPUs. Smart hand launched munitions are the PC CPUs. We are only at the start of this revolution. Guess which is going to win?