# K1.2 Hardware Architectures

HPC computer architectures are parallel computer architectures. A parallel computer is built out of
    * Compute units.
    * Main memory.
    * A high-speed network.

## Learning Outcomes

* Differentiate different processing elements such as CPU, FPGA, GPU, and others.
* Demonstrate networking with different topologies and interconnects.

## Subskills

* [[skill-tree:k:1:2:1:b]]
* [[skill-tree:k:1:2:1:b]]