
Intel Advancing the Landscape of Molecular Dynamics
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Authors: Thomas Sorensen
Publication Date: June 2021
Length: 3 pages
The HPC User Forum was established in 1999 to promote the health of the global HPC industry and address issues of common concern to users. In May 2021, the 76th HPC User Forum took place virtually. This update summarizes a presentation from that virtual conference given by Michael Brown, Principal Engineer, Intel. Brown provided updates on Intel’s progress on optimizing NAMD for Intel’s new instruction set architecture, how it interacts with their most recent processor offerings, and how Intel is looking to the future of molecular dynamics.
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