Capabilities#
The main capabilities of ACEMD:
NVIDIA GPU support (Maxwell architecture or later)
Other GPU support (via OpenCL)
Parallelization over GPUs
CPU support (for debugging)
AMBER and CHARMM force fields
TIP3P water model
Efficient electrostatic interactions with PME
Efficient van der Waals interactions with the pair list and switching function
Efficient bond constraints and rigid water molecules
Hydrogen mass repartitioning
Positional restraints for atoms
Structure minimization
Ensembles: NVE, NVT, and NPT
Langevin thermostat
Monte Carlo barostat (isotropic and anisotropic simulation boxes)
Trajectory in XTC or DCD formats
Restartable simulations
Integration with HTMD
Integration with PLUMED