[Pw_users] New PWscf version

[Stefano Baroni]

Bene, Grazie. Ho inviato il tuo testo ai segons dello psi-k e di fsatom
Stefano

Paolo Giannozzi wrote:

>A new version (1.2.0) of the PWscf package is available for
>download on the web site http://www.pwscf.org. The new version 
>contains many changes, improvements, bug fixes. Everybody who 
>is using the PWscf package is encouraged to upgrade and to
>report problems to the mailing list.
>
>This release is the first step of a project aiming at a full
>integration and interoperability of PWscf with the Car-Parrinello
>codes FPMD (Cineca Bologna and Sissa Trieste) and CP 
>(IRRMA Lausanne and Princeton University), recently released 
>under the GNU license, soon available for download from
>the web site http://www.democritos.it
>
>Major changes:
>- faster iteration to self-consistently (if you find a case in
>  which this is not true, please let us know)
>- better format for input data
>- a new unified pseudopotential file (UPF) has been introduced;
>  old formats are still recognized, but we strongly encourage to
>  convert pseudopotential files using the converters provided
>  with the code
>- new output data file format (this is invisible to users)
>- calculation of dielectric tensor with ultrasoft pseudopotentials
>  (experimental)
>- faster scf and phonon calculation when using Gamma point only
>  (experimental)
>- a GUI (Graphical User Interface) for input data is available
>  as a separate package (experimental, contributed by Tone Kokalj)
>- a new unified pseudopotential file (UPF) has been introduced;
>  old formats are still recognized, but we strongly encourage to
>  convert pseudopotential files using the converters provided
>  with the code
>
>Note that the both the directory structure of the package and the 
>installation mechanism has changed a bit. New examples with the
>new input data structure are available.
>
>The PWscf group
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