GPUMD is an efficient, open-source molecular dynamics (MD) simulation package based on heterogeneous CPU+GPU parallelization. Combined with machine-learning Neuroevolution Potential (NEP), it achieves a perfect unity of high precision and high efficiency.
Redefining Atomistic Simulation
More Accurate, Faster, Easier-to-use MD Software
GPUMD is a highly efficient open-source molecular dynamics simulation software. Developed natively with CUDA/HIP, it achieves extreme simulation efficiency on GPUs and DCUs. GPUMD supports various empirical potentials and NEP machine learning potentials, a single GPU delivers a computing speed of tens of millions of atom-steps per second.
NEP is a machine learning potential function natively supported by GPUMD, based on neuro-evolution algorithms. It predicts energy, force, and virial with ab initio accuracy at a cost close to empirical potentials. NEP is suitable for large-scale MD simulations of complex materials.
Recently, "Science" published the latest research work on short-range order in semiconductor alloys by a collaborative team from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and George Washington University. This work captures and quantitatively characterizes short-range order in semiconductor alloys for the first time in experiments.
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GPUMD 4.0 was released on April 29, 2025, and the corresponding paper was published online in the domestic journal MGE Advances on August 3, 2025. Bohai University is the first author unit of this paper.
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The 1st GPUMD Developer Conference and AI Molecular Dynamics Frontier Symposium was successfully held in Ningbo in June 2025. The conference gathered developers and experts from all over the country to discuss the latest progress.
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Professor at Bohai University and Researcher at Suzhou National Laboratory. Focused on MD theory and HPC.
Lead developer of GPUMD and NEP method.
Professor at USTB | Principal Researcher at Suzhou National Laboratory
Professor at University of Science and Technology Beijing, Principal Researcher at Suzhou National Laboratory. Research in materials databases and intelligent technology.
Guiding GPUMD project development and materials large model R&D.
C++ implementation of NEP potentials, providing interfaces for many Python packages and LAMMPS.
Provides Python interface for NEP, used for calculation and analysis of various properties.
Toolkit focusing on NEP training dataset manipulation and visualization, providing intuitive GUI and analysis tools.
Pre- and post-processing toolkit designed for GPUMD, providing a user-friendly CLI to improve efficiency.
ASE-based materials structure processing software, automating calculation of various properties. Supports calling GPUMD for simulations.
Efficient tool for phonon dynamics and thermal transport analysis, supporting spectral energy density calculation.