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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am Mukunda Kaushik and I’m writing from <a href="luxresearchinc.com">
Lux Research</a>, a global technology strategy and advisory firm working with Innovation 1000 clients.<o:p></o:p></p>
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We are currently working on behalf of a Global Chemical MNC who is interested in identifying suitable computational chemistry solutions for their use.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We found <b>Quantum Espresso </b>during the course of our research and were hoping you could provide some clarifications on a few of our queries:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Which of the following capabilities does your solution have:
<b>Ab Initio/First Principle (post-HF), DFT, molecular dynamics, and/or semi-empirical?
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Can you give us an estimate on the <b>computation speed of your software</b>? Speed with reference to 1ns simulations/1000 atoms per day per CORE. Are you able to provide the
<b>approximate N number</b>, where N: number of atoms, of your computational time? A range is acceptable as well.<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">What
<b>number or order of atoms</b> can your solution perform computations for (100, 1000, 10000)?<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Can your solution support
<b>both periodic or non-periodic</b> Boundary Condition settings?<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">What are the
<b>target materials or molecules</b> for your solution (e.g. polymers, proteins, etc)?
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Can you please elaborate on your
<b>business model</b> (i.e, open-source or proprietary software, potential licensing fee)
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Is your solution
<b>compatible (integration) with other AI/machine learning/deep learning</b> solutions?<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are particularly interested in software solutions that can work with a large number of atoms with fast computational speeds but do understand that there are trade-offs between greater number of atoms and speed.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Are there any insights or metrics that you can provide us in this regard which will help us best position your solution to our client?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you and looking forward to your response.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#2F5597">Mukunda Kaushik</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#2F5597"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:navy">| </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#2F5597">Research Associate
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