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The article presents letters to the editor on the topic of the spread of the computer age in the East. Reacting to the article of Andries van Dam published in the August 2003 issue of the journal, a letter says that the reason computing has lost its allure among U.S. college students is not that they believe the computer revolution is over. Rather, they've watched it move to Asia. In a reply Andries van Dam says that it is doubtful that students have considered or indeed are very aware of the movement of the U.S. information technology (IT) work to Asia. Most professionals aren't even aware of how much software work has shifted to Asia and how countries like China and India, not to mention Singapore, are investing in building up their "machinery."

The article reflects on the plan of Eka, the 117.9-teraflop supercomputer built by the Computational Research Laboratories (CRL) in Pune, India, to turn their mainframe computer into a revenue generating supercomputer for hire and a supercomputer services consultancy. CRL intends to provide end-to-end supercomputing services such as renting, computer time, adapting and fine-tuning applications, and analytical services. The company is currently in talks with several clients from the automobile, aerospace, financial oil and gas exploration, and life sciences sectors, as of June 2008.