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those industries using third-party-software.
 
With the exception of chemistry, massively parallel systems are still in
the process of building their software-base.
 
Because the software-development cycles are much longer than those of
hardware, the time, which a certain kind of architecture is already in
the market plays a more important role for software-development than the
pure power. This gives another perspective at the TOP500  list.