AMBER Archive (2002)

Subject: Re: question

From: David A. Case (case_at_scripps.edu)
Date: Fri Nov 15 2002 - 20:45:34 CST

On Fri, Nov 15, 2002, Ioana Cozmuta wrote:
>
> Maybe this is a naive question: why is the maximum number of processors
> that one can use in amber limited to 128?

Even on the most expensive computers, amber scales poorly after about
32 (or certainly 64) processors.

> Is it trivial to modify this limit?

Should not be hard....dac 

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