Towards large-scale molecular dynamics simulations on graphics processors

  • Joseph E. Davis
  • , Adnan Ozsoy
  • , Sandeep Patel
  • , Michela Taufer

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Abstract

Atomistic molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are a vital tool in chemical research, as they are able to provide a view of chemical systems and processes that is not obtainable through experiment.however, large-scale MD simulations require access to multicore clusters or supercomputers that are not always available to all researchers.Recently, many have begun to explore the power of graphics processing units (GPUs) for various applications, such as MD. We present preliminary results of water simulations carried out on GPUs. We compare the performance gained using a GPU versus the same simulation on a single CPU or multiple CPUs. We also address the use of more accurate double precision arithmetic with the newest GPUs and its cost in performance.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationBioinformatics and Computational Biology - First International Conference, BICoB 2009, Proceedings
Pages176-186
Number of pages11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes
Event1st International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, BICoB 2009 - New Orleans, LA, United States
Duration: 8 Apr 200910 Apr 2009

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume5462 LNBI
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference1st International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, BICoB 2009
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNew Orleans, LA
Period8/04/0910/04/09

Keywords

  • CUDA
  • GPU
  • Molecular dynamics

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