Original author(s) | Steve Plimpton, Aidan Thompson, Stan Moore, Axel Kohlmeyer, Richard Berger |
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Developer(s) | Sandia National Laboratories Temple University |
Initial release | 1995 |
Stable release | 29August2024
/ August 29, 2024 |
Repository | github |
Written in | C++ |
Operating system | Cross-platform: Linux, macOS, Windows, FreeBSD, Solaris |
Platform | x86, x86-64, ARM, POWER9 |
Size | 534 MB |
Available in | English |
Type | Molecular dynamics |
License | GNU General Public License |
Website | www |
Large-scale Atomic/Molecular Massively Parallel Simulator (LAMMPS) is a molecular dynamics program from Sandia National Laboratories.[1] LAMMPS makes use of Message Passing Interface (MPI) for parallel communication and is free and open-source software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.[1]
LAMMPS was originally developed under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement between two laboratories from United States Department of Energy and three other laboratories from private sector firms.[1] As of 2016[update], it is maintained and distributed by researchers at the Sandia National Laboratories and Temple University.[1]