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Spatially-developing turbulent boundary layers (SDTBL) are very challenging to numerically model by virtue of appropriate and realistic turbulent inflow information needed. In fact, the problem becomes harder if the idea is to account for compressibility effects, i.e. high Mach-number flows. Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) is a promising numerical tool that resolve all scales according to the analyzed problem. In this study, DNS of turbulent spatially-developing boundary layers in the supersonic regime is performed using the standard Smagorinsky model over an isothermal plate at a Mach number of 2.5. The code used (PHASTA) is based on a Finite-Element Approach and has been parallelized on MPI C++/Fortran90-95.