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IBM's report arrives on the eve of a supercomputing industry conference that starts in Pittsburgh this weekend, where a group of computer scientists will release their latest closely watched list of the world's 500 fastest supercomputers. This year's conference will be most notable for "the amount of real scientific results that will be talked about," Seager says. "We're really about changing the way science is done."

Tilak Agerwala, VP of systems for IBM Research, says he doesn't expect to be surprised by "any new major technical announcements" at the conference, called SC04. Instead, he says he expects "a lot more focus on the accessibility and usability of these machines."