•use parallel
supercomputers
–access to tens/hundreds of CPUs
e.g. NOTUR/NTNU embla
(512) + gridur (384)
–high speed interconnect, shared memory
–usually for batch mode processing
–very expensive (price, maintenance, upgrade)
–these CPUs are not so powerful anymore
e.g. 500 MHz RISC vs.
2.4 GHz Pentium4