Key Points
Why use HPC?
- Research is becoming more computational and, as such, requires more powerful computers.
- HPC enables research in various disciplines.
- AI is a field that often requires HPC resources.
What is HPC?
- HPC clusters typically consist of nodes, used for user login, computation and storage, and interconnects.
- Different types of research questions may be best tackled by different types of HPC, e.g. depending on how interdependent the calculations are and how much data there is.