Dear SIESTA users and developers, We are pleased to announce Siesta 4.1.5, a production-level release in the 4.1 branch, which introduced, among others, the following new features:
- N-electrode TranSiesta with much improved performance. - New solver options (including ELPA, enabling GPU acceleration). - DFT+U. - Spin-orbit coupling (in the on-site approximation). - Gate support. - More mixing and constraints options. - Lua scripting. - Improved utilities, including a rewrite of TBtrans. If you were using a beta version in the 4.1 branch, or any of the older 4.0.X versions, you are highly encouraged to update to 4.1.5. The release can be found in https://gitlab.com/siesta-project/siesta/-/releases/v4.1.5 Please read the Release Notes shipped with the sources, which may also be found in: https://gitlab.com/siesta-project/siesta/-/wikis/release-notes/Release-notes-for-4.1.5 Note in particular the BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY ISSUES sections in the Release Notes for some important issues regarding backwards compatibility with prior versions. See the file REPORTING_BUGS in the Docs/ directory of the distribution for instructions on how to report bugs and suggestions. General information about Siesta can be found on its web page: https://siesta-project.org/siesta and further information about the different versions offered in: https://gitlab.com/siesta-project/siesta/-/wikis/Guide-to-Siesta-versions Best wishes, -- Dr. José María Escartín Esteban Senior SIESTA Developer Theory and Simulation Group Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) ICN2 building, UAB Campus, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès), 08193 Barcelona, Spain
-- SIESTA is supported by the Spanish Research Agency (AEI) and by the European H2020 MaX Centre of Excellence (http://www.max-centre.eu/)
