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--></style></head><body lang=JA link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Dear Quantum ESPRESSO’s users and developers,</span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>I have released Customized version of QEv6.1:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="https://github.com/nisihara1/q-e/releases/tag/v6.1-nisihara">https://github.com/nisihara1/q-e/releases/tag/v6.1-nisihara</a> .<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>Some algorithms are implemented in this release:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'> * New geometry optimization (SR1-BFGS)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'> * New NEB optimization (L-BFGS, L-SR1)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'> * RMM-DIIS diagonalization to solve KS-equation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>SCF and relaxation calculations may be faster.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>I hope that this version will be used by everyone.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>If it will have earned a good reputation, I will pull-request onto the official repository.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>Satomichi Nishihara<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>