Running 3D simulations of composite materials with sufficient detail to capture processing-related effects requires considerable computational resources. A modern CPU (or CPUs) such as a fast Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon is recommended. A minimum of 1 GB of memory is also recommended. The results of the simulations can be quite large, and a large amount of free hard drive space, ~100 GB, is recommended before starting new simulations.
The CCA has been tested on x86 compatible hardware architectures. The CCA has been tested on Microsoft Windows, and various flavours of Linux, but should run on any system that has a compatible FORTRAN 90 and C++ compiler. Note that a compiler is not required for end-user use.
In addition to these requirements, each component has its own requirements: