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As the speed of [[Ethernet]] increases to 10 gigabits, the differences between [[multiprocessing|multiprocessor]] systems based on loosely coupled commodity microcomputers and those based on tightly coupled proprietary supermicro designs (like the IBM p-series) will continue to narrow and will eventually disappear.

When 10 gigabit Ethernet becomes standard equipment in commodity microcomputer servers, multi-processor [[Computer cluster|cluster]] or [[grid]] systems based on off-the-shelf commodity microcomputers and Ethernet switches will take over more and more computing tasks that can currently be performed only by high end models of proprietary supermicros like the IBM p-series, further eroding the viability of the supermicro industry.

== See also ==