Car-Parrinello Molecular DynamicsThe development of CPMD started in 1990 by a team of researchers at IBM Research Zurich. Between 1994 and 2001, the CPMD code was jointly developed between IBM and the Max Planck Institute. In 2001, a consortium has been established in order to coordinate the development and distribution of the CPMD code. The consortium was a virtual organization that comprised all the users and developers of the
