Harvesting graphics power for MD simulations

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 259-266

  Van Meel, J A ^a   Arnold, A ^a   Frenkel, D ^b   Portegies Zwart, S F ^c,d   Belleman, R G ^d  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

GPGPU; Molecular dynamics simulation; Random number generator

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; GRAPHIC METHODS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUMBER THEORY; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; STANDARDS;

GRAPHIC PROCESSING UNIT (GPU); MD ALGORITHMS; MD SIMULATIONS; MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS (MD) SIMULATIONS; RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR (RNG);

RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION;

EID: 45849099839     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: 10290435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927020701744295     Document Type: Article

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