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.. _system_requirements:

System Requirements
===================

Simulations with |op| are designed to be very lightweight and performant, without imposing huge requirements on the underlying hardware. 
Thus, |op| simulations run as a single core application and do not utilize GPU. 
Only the build process during installation of |op| makes use of multiple cores, so it is recommended to have at least a 4 core CPU.
In the table below, minimal requirements are listed along with a commonly used, well working example setup.

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   :class: tight-table

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   System Specification Minimal Requirements                                           Tested Setup (exemplarily)
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   Operating System     Windows or Linux (Debian Bullseye or Ubuntu 20.10 recommended) Windows 10 
   CPU                  Intel x64 Architecture with at least 1,50 GHz clock frequency  Intel i5-10310U
   RAM                  at least 8 GB                                                  8 GB
   GPU                  not used by the simulation                                     Intel UHD Graphics 620
   Others               1 GB free hard disk space
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