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Yet, its high operation speed comes with a high throughput of data, which introduces some challenges at the level of the data processing domain, mainly due to the large computational load and data volume. In this work, we analyze and discuss opportunities of distributed computing paradigms and resources to address some of these challenges, covering most of the procedures usually employed in typical applications. We infer the possible impact of such computing resources by presenting some metrics of simple processing prototypes running in state-of-the-art computing facilities. 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