NAMD
Developer(s) | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign: Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group (TCB), Parallel Programming Laboratory (PPL) |
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Initial release | 1995 |
Stable release |
2.11
/ December 22, 2015 |
Development status | Active |
Written in | C++ |
Operating system | Cross-platform: Windows, Linux, macOS, Unix |
Platform | x86, x86-64 |
Available in | English |
Type | Molecular dynamics simulation |
License | Proprietary, freeware for noncommercial use |
Website |
www |
Nanoscale Molecular Dynamics (NAMD, formerly Not Another Molecular Dynamics Program)[1] is computer software for molecular dynamics simulation, written using the Charm++ parallel programming model. It is noted for its parallel efficiency and is often used to simulate large systems (millions of atoms).[2] It has been developed by the joint collaboration of the Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group (TCB), and the Parallel Programming Laboratory (PPL), at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
It was introduced in 1995 by Nelson et al. as a parallel molecular dynamics code enabling interactive simulation by linking to the visualization code VMD. NAMD has since matured, adding many features and scaling beyond 500,000 processor cores.[3]
NAMD is available as precompiled binaries and as source code, as freeware for non-commercial use by individuals, academic institutions, and corporations for in-house business uses.
See also
References
- ↑ "Flexibility and Interoperability in a Parallel Molecular Dynamics Code" (postscript).
- ↑ "NAMD A Parallel Object-Oriented Molecular Dynamics Program" (pdf).
- ↑ "NAMD: Scalable Molecular Dynamics". Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group (TCB). University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to NAMD. |
- Official website, at TCB website
- NAMD page at the PPL website
- NAMD on GPUs