MDGRAPE (Molecular Dynamics GRAvity PipE)
Oct. 31, 2006
Tetsu Narumi, RIKEN
narumi @ gsc.riken.go.jp
MDGRAPE is a special-purpose computer for molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. MD-GRAPE1,2 is the first machine developed in University of Tokyo. MDGRAPE-23 was developed in RIKEN, and commercially available. A big machine, Molecular Dynamics Machine (MDM)4,5, with a 78-Tflops peak performance was also developed with MDGRAPE-2 and WINE-26. MDGRAPE-37 is shipped from 2005.

MDGRAPE-3 MDGRAPE-3 hardware and library ( memo to use MDGRAPE-3 in Japanese and in English )
MDM Hardware of MDM, library for MDGRAPE-2, etc.
AMBER8 with MDGRAPE-2 How to use AMBER8 with MDGRAPE-2

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5 Narumi T, "A special-purpose computer for molecular dynamics simulations: MDM", Astrophysical Supercomputing Using Particle Simulations, IAU Symposium (208), pp. 349-358, 2003.
6 Tetsu Narumi, Ryutaro Susukita, Hideaki Furusawa and Toshikazu Ebisuzaki, "46 Tflops Special-purpose Computer for Molecular Dynamics Simulations: WINE-2", in Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Signal Processing, pp. 575-582, Beijing, 2000.
7 Taiji Makoto, Narumi Tetsu, Ohno Yousuke, Futatsugi Noriyuki, Suenaga Atsushi, Takada Naoki, Konagaya Akihiko, "Protein explorer: A petaflops special-purpose computer system for molecular dynamics simulations", in Proceedings of the SC2003 Technical Papers, CDROM, Phoenix, 2003.