High performance computing applications can be either Computation Intensive or Data Intensive.
It should also be noted that while this manuscript was under review, Amazon announced the introduction of Cluster Computer Instances intended for high performance computing applications [ 19].
Dr. Pearl said he was not surprised that his ideas are seen in many computing applications.
Virtual network computing applications are often favored by systems administrators, as is Windows Remote Desktop (bit.ly/QZpsL).
Second, the Internet is playing a larger, more integral role in many corporations' collections of computing applications.
That combination, they say, will allow advanced "mixed-signal" chips that support both computing applications as well as high-frequency communications applications.
The chip, which is called Opteron and has two processing units, is designed for corporate computing applications including databases, Web services and financial transactions.
During the demonstration, Justin R. Rattner, the company's chief technology officer, showed several futuristic computing applications that he said the new chip design would help make possible.
The new systems are not aimed at all types of large-scale computing applications, said Jonathan I. Schwartz, chief executive of Sun Microsystems.
Oracle is also a major player in the "middleware" market, which refers to software that allows computing applications to talk to each other.
Although an impressive technical achievement, Intel's arrival at two gigahertz raises questions about whether that additional speed is necessary for current computing applications.
