This IDC study provides a summary and analysis of high-performance computing (HPC) systems sales for the first quarter of 2004, in support of detailed data provided in IDC's Worldwide High-Performance and Technical Midrange Server Qview product.

"IDC believes the fourth-quarter 2004 HPC market performance is indicative of HPC systems sales returning to more traditional growth patterns after a period of meeting pent-up demand for technical systems." ? Christopher Willard, Ph.D., research vice president of IDC's Workstations and High-Performance Systems Service program