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I don't know exactly what Kurzweil said about computers in all shapes and sizes, but that was exactly right. The market reports for embedded processors (some of which are as powerful as your laptop's processor) indicate that the sales of those processors far outstrip the sales of microprocessors for PCs, laptops, and servers. Powerful computers are being embedded in virtually everything you own. Some goods, like commercial airliners and even your automobile, has many of them. Microprocessors are in your MP3 player, your wristwatch, every one of your A/V remotes, all your A/V equipment, your alarm clock, your keyfob, your phone (it probably has several, perhaps multiple asymmetric cores on a single chip), etc. etc. etc. The $1000 petaflop deskside system isn't here, yet, but DARPA is real interested in that too.
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