The article mentions that the simulations of the proteins simulate changes that happen between 10 microseconds and 1 millisecond, and many supercomputers are limited to simulating only 1 microsecond. Using Anton, researchers were able to simulate a 80 microsecond protein movement in 2 weeks total, whereas a different 20 microsecond simulation took a year on a different computer.
I looked for some information on the actual performance of Anton and found the following articles:
NRBSC, DESRES Extend Anton's Stay at Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
Anton page at the PSC website
The article mentions that the simulations of the proteins simulate changes that happen between 10 microseconds and 1 millisecond, and many supercomputers are limited to simulating only 1 microsecond. Using Anton, researchers were able to simulate a 80 microsecond protein movement in 2 weeks total, whereas a different 20 microsecond simulation took a year on a different computer.
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@dyc: This paper is the one you are looking for: Millisecond-scale molecular dynamics simulations on Anton (Shaw et al., Supercomputing 2009)
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