Mobile digital platforms, grid and cloud computing, virtualization, and consumerization of IT are emerging as contemporary hardware trends, along with high-performance yet power-saving processors and green computing initiatives that aim to reduce energy usage through autonomic and self-managing systems.

1. Contemporary Hardware Platform
Trends
 The Emerging Mobile Digital Platform
 Grid Computing
 Consumerization of IT and BYOD
 Virtualization
 Cloud Computing
 Green Computing
 High-Performance and Power-Saving Processors
 Autonomic Computing
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