If anything, I would argue HPC is one of the more flexible markets. A lot of HPC software is distributed in source form, so recompiling for a different architec

If anything, I would argue HPC is one of the more flexible markets. A lot of HPC software is distributed in source form, so recompiling for a different architecture is seldom a big deal. As long as the system provides BLAS and MPI libraries, and good bang/buck, you're good.