Re: [Pw_forum] Computer Specification for running QE

I told you I was sure your desktop belong to the hal9000 series...:-D Giuseppe Quoting Paolo Giannozzi : > On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 4:03 PM, Giuseppe Mattioli < > giuseppe.matti...@ism.cnr.it> wrote: > > Remember, however, that "ordinary" PCs are not generally designed to

Re: [Pw_forum] Computer Specification for running QE

On 08/11/2017 16:03, Giuseppe Mattioli wrote: > > Dear Krishnendu Mukherjee > > Years ago Nicola Marzari posted to this mailing list a screenshot of > his Nokia N-something cellphone with QE running (actually a 2-atoms Si > bulk unit cell). Yes, you can run QE on a powerful dektop or even a >

Re: [Pw_forum] Computer Specification for running QE

On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 4:03 PM, Giuseppe Mattioli < giuseppe.matti...@ism.cnr.it> wrote: Remember, however, that "ordinary" PCs are not generally designed to crunch > numbers 24/7 > forever, and they will not last very long if you use them as workhorse > machines. > really? I use all the time my

Re: [Pw_forum] Computer Specification for running QE

Dear Krishnendu Mukherjee Years ago Nicola Marzari posted to this mailing list a screenshot of his Nokia N-something cellphone with QE running (actually a 2-atoms Si bulk unit cell). Yes, you can run QE on a powerful dektop or even a laptop (possibly by using LINUX). It is not so difficult

Re: [Pw_forum] Computer Specification for running QE

QE can run wherever you have a working fortran compiler...whether it is sufficient or not depends on the calculations details..i.e. specified k point mesh, cutoffs...etc..probably you will get troubles with sufficient memory or not depending if you run in parallel on just single core...ofcourse

Re: [Pw_forum] Computer Specification for running QE

Sorry forgot to add my affiliation.. ;) Yasser Al Wahedi Assistant Professor Khalifa University Get Outlook for Android On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 4:31 PM +0400, "Krishnendu Mukherjee" wrote: Dear Experts,  Can you please let me know

Re: [Pw_forum] Computer Specification for running QE

will be needed.  Yasser Get Outlook for Android From: Krishnendu Mukherjee Sent: Wednesday, 8 November, 16:31 Subject: [Pw_forum] Computer Specification for running QE To: pw_forum@pwscf.org Dear Experts,  Can you please let me know whether we always need a supercomputer

Re: [Pw_forum] Computer Specification for running QE

Dear Krishnendu, a linux workstation is ideal - below is a typical setup, but you could easily do without SSD, much less hard drive space, and with memory say of 16GB. Any recent Intel with 8 to 16 cores is good. If you need to choose, go for the sweet spot of price on intel cpus (look at

[Pw_forum] Computer Specification for running QE

Dear Experts, Can you please let me know whether we always need a supercomputer to run Quantum Espresso (QE) or a Personal Computer can do the job. If Personal Computer is sufficient to run QE can you kindly let me know the required configuration: Required RAM, processor speed, operating system