L'High Performance Computing consiste nell'accentrare una capacitò di calcolo in modo da fornire prestazioni molto più elevate che in una workstation per risolvere problemi di ricerca di base, ingegneria o finanza
High Performance Computing most generally refers to the practice of aggregating computing power in a way that delivers much higher performance than one could get out of a typical desktop computer or workstation in order to solve large problems in science, engineering, or business.