Tech-X Corporation

September 03, 2008 -- Tech-X has released a new version of the cross-platform particle-in-cell simulation software OOPIC Pro. Version 2.0.0 adds several improvements to the application, including support for parallel computations on Linux platforms. For more information, please see the OOPIC Pro product page.

August 25, 2008 -- The magazine Computing in Science and Engineering is currently running a piece authored by several Tech-X researchers. The article by Alexander Pletzer, Douglas McCune, Stefan Maszala, Srinath Vadlamani, and Scott Kruger, "Exposing Fortran Derived Types to C and Other Languages" appears in the Scientific Programming section.

August 13, 2008 -- The definitive article on electron cooling simulations in VORPAL has been accepted for publication. The paper, "Simulating the dynamical friction force on ions due to a briefly co-propagating electron beam", can be viewed at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2008.06.019

July 17, 2008 – Tech-X Corporation was one of the recipients of a SciDAC award for visualization at the annual meeting of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC) program held in Seattle July 13–17. SciDAC held an Electronic Visualization and Poster night July 13 as part of its 2008 meeting. Fifty-two entries took part in the competition, and 10, including the Tech-X entry, won OASCR (for Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research) awards. Click here for more...

April 29, 2008 - An update of VorpalView has been released. You can download VorpalView 3.0.4 from the VorpalView product page.

February 21, 2008 - Tech-X Corporation announced the release of GPULib as a technology demonstration. This software library executes vectorized mathematical functions on graphics processing units (GPUs) from NVIDIA, bringing high-performance numerical operations to everyday desktop computers. More details can be found in the GPULib press release and the GPULib technology page.

February 19, 2008 - Tech-X Corporation announced the release of VORPAL v3.0. VORPAL is a software framework that enables plasma simulations composed of particles and fluids for 1-D, 2-D, and 3-D geometries. New capabilities will allow researchers to apply VORPAL in new application areas and enable more advanced simulations of the physics being studied. For more details, see the VORPAL press release or the VORPAL product page.

October 17, 2007 - Tech-X will be hosting a VORPAL User's Group meeting in Orlando, FL before the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics Meeting (APS DPP). Topics to be covered include input, visualization, as well as upcoming features and new calculations. If you are interested in attending, please RSVP by sending email to sales@txcorp.com.

June 15, 2007 - VORPAL v2.2 has been released. VORPAL is a software framework that enables plasma simulations composed of particles and fluids for 1-D, 2-D, and 3-D geometries. New capabilities will allow researchers to apply VORPAL in new application areas and enable more advanced simulations of the physics being studied. New capabilities include a re-architecting of the product documentation, as well as the ability to describe more complex geometries of physical problems and the addition of new physics capabilities. This release also provides support for the Intel-based Mac OS X platform. More information can be found on the VORPAL product page.

April 19, 2007 - TxPhysics 1.0.0 has been released by Tech-X. This physics library includes models for impact ionization of neutral gases by electrons and ions, field-induced tunneling ionization of atoms, ion range and stopping power in solids, ion-induced electron yield from solids, and secondary electron yields. The code is cross-platform, and the library functions can be called from C, Java, or Python. More information can be found on the TxPhysics technology page.