What are the system requirements for running EDEM?
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COMPONENT |
MINIMUM |
RECOMMENDED |
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RAM |
8 GB |
32 GB or more |
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Processor | Intel Core i7 Intel Xeon Processor Family (8+ cores) AMD Ryzen 7 | Intel Core i9 Intel Xeon Processor Family (16+ cores) AMD Ryzen Threadripper |
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Graphics Display |
Graphics Driver support for OpenGL 2.0 or later. Any modern NVIDIA or AMD graphic card in the market which has display connectors. Note. Some of the GPU Cards listed below do not have display connectors and are designed for processing only | |
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CUDA GPU simulation* | CUDA enabled GPU with compute capability at least 3.5 Nvidia driver minimum version 11.0 of the CUDA toolkit | NVIDIA Volta GPU cards (e.g. V100) NVIDIA Ampere GPU cards (e.g. A100) NVIDIA Hopper GPU cards (e.g. H100) |
| Note: Only NVIDIA GPU cards support the EDEM CUDA GPU Solver. Other NVIDIA GPU cards are supported within the ranges highlighted. | ||
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Hard Disk Space | 100 GB (4 GB for the software) | 1 TB or more for simulation data files |
*CUDA GPU is required for simulations using Sphero-Cylinder and Polyhedral particles. Multi-Sphere simulations are supported on both CPU and CUDA GPU solvers.
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SUPPORTED PLATFORMS | ||
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OS |
Version |
Architecture |
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Windows |
10 (64-bit) 11 (64-bit) (EDEM 2022.3 onwards) |
x86_64 |
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Linux |
RHEL / CentOS 8.4 SLES 15 SP3 |
x86_64 |
For further hardware information on EDEM please see:
- How to select a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) for EDEM
- 10 Common Questions about EDEM GPU Answered
- EDEM GPU Benchmark Results
To get started using EDEM: