Another win for GPU’s as Computers, OpenMM is giving researchers 100x faster results on Molecular simulations:

The key to the accelerated simulations OpenMM makes possible is the advantage it takes of current graphics processors (GPUs), which cost just a few hundred dollars. At its core, OpenMM makes use of GPU acceleration, a set of advanced hardware and software technologies that enable GPUs, working in concert with the system’s central processor (CPU), to accelerate applications beyond just creating or manipulating graphics.

Platform agnostic, it works on both NVidia & ATI cards, and work with GROMACS.

via New open-source software permits faster desktop computer simulations of molecular motion.

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