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Veinardi Suendo
vsuendo@chem.itb.ac.id

Thanks a lot for the new version, we are waiting for this release. Is there any manual for CUDA instruction? How about openmpi library, we still have to compile openmpi with -m32 option or you have changed to a fully 64 bit version?

Best regards,

Veinardi Suendo

On Sat Dec 5 '09 12:39pm, Alex Granovsky wrote
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>Dear Firefly users,

>Official Firefly binaries version 7.1.G (i.e., 7.1.16), build # 5618
>were released to the public December 4, 2009 and are available
>from the Downloads section of the PC GAMESS/Firefly homepage at MSU.

>List of main new features:

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• Multiple minor bugfixes and improvements.
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• More agressive set of default settings for better performance and stability.
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• Improved performance on AMD Phenom/Phenom II/Barcelona/Shanghai/Istanbul processors.
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• Improved performance of MP2 Energy/Energy Gradient method=1 code.
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• Improved DLC engine.
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• Improved code for relaxed PES scans using DLCs.
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• Improvements to P2P communication interface.
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• Completely redesigned threading model for better multithreaded performance and CUDA interoperability.
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• Improved MP4 code with CUDA support.
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• Program name changed to Firefly.
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>Regards,
>Alex Granovsky