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OPT package
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The OPT package was developed by James Fischer (High Performance
Technologies), David Richie, and Vincent Natoli (Stone Ridge
Technologies). It contains a handful of pair styles whose compute()
methods were rewritten in C++ templated form to reduce the overhead
due to if tests and other conditional code.
Required hardware/software
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Any hardware. Any compiler.
Building LAMMPS with the OPT package
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See the :ref:`Build extras <opt>` page for instructions.
Run with the OPT package from the command-line
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.. code-block:: bash
lmp_mpi -sf opt -in in.script # run in serial
mpirun -np 4 lmp_mpi -sf opt -in in.script # run in parallel
Use the "-sf opt" :doc:`command-line switch <Run_options>`, which will
automatically append "opt" to styles that support it.
Or run with the OPT package by editing an input script
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Use the :doc:`suffix opt <suffix>` command, or you can explicitly add an
"opt" suffix to individual styles in your input script, e.g.
.. code-block:: LAMMPS
pair_style lj/cut/opt 2.5
Speed-up to expect
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You should see a reduction in the "Pair time" value printed at the end
of a run. On most machines for reasonable problem sizes, it will be a
5 to 20% savings.
Guidelines for best performance
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Just try out an OPT pair style to see how it performs.
Restrictions
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None.