The forefront of GPU and CPU hardware development is for ARM based architectures. When investing in both workstations and server grade components, finding x64-compatible hardware that is compatible with CryoSPARC is getting harder and harder. This is particular noticeable for academic users who are using publicly funded HPC systems where the hardware architecture is decided by the lowest bidder. But todays academic user will be tomorrows paying industry users. If the open-source competition can be compiled on ARM systems, that is what they will be trained on using.
What are the plans from the CryoSPARC team to release a ARM64-compatible version of CryoSPARC?
Here is a non-comprehensive list of HPCs which provides CryoSPARC capability to their users:
| Canada | Fir (Digital Research Alliance) |
|---|---|
| Finland | CSC Puhti / Mahti |
| Poland | Cyfronet AGH – Athena |
| Sweden | HPC2N – Kebnekaise |
| Sweden | NAISS / SciLifeLab – Berzelius |
| Sweden | LUNARC |
| Switzerland | EPFL SCITAS – Izar |
| Taiwan | Academica Sinica Grid Comp. (ASGC) |
| United States | Anvil (Purdue / ACCESS) |
| United States | Caltech Central HPC |
| United States | UConn Storrs HPC |
| United States | Michigan State University ICER / HPCC |