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Supported operating systems and minimum requirements for hardware and memory.

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Discover Compose, including its language support and system requirements.
- Introduction to Compose
  Compose enables engineers, scientists and product creators to efficiently perform numerical computations, develop algorithms, and analyze and visualize various types of data.
- Language Support in Compose
  Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for OML, Python, TCL and R.
- System Requirements
  Supported operating systems and minimum requirements for hardware and memory.
- Online and Local Help
  Access help topics online or from your local installation.
- Online Learning
  The Altair Resource Library and Altair Community provides a host of resources to help you take full advantage of Compose.
Tutorials
The Compose tutorials and associated example model files help introduce you to the basic functionality of the software.
User Guide
Learn about the features and functionality available in Compose.
Reference Guides
Reference guides are available for functions and commands supported by OML, Tcl, and Python.
Appendix
Get help for the optional libraries that are available in the Extension Manager.
Frequently Asked Questions
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System Requirements

Supported operating systems and minimum requirements for hardware and memory.

Windows

Operating System: Windows 10 (64-bit); Windows 11 (64-bit)
Memory: 8 GB of RAM (32 GB recommended); 15 GB or more of free hard disk space
Graphics Hardware: OpenGL 3D graphics accelerator compatible with OpenGL 3.3 or higher; Vulkan 1.2 or higher; OpenCL 2.1 required; True color (24-bit) support; Install/update to most recent OpenGL patches/drivers; 1920x1080 screen resolution or higher for optimal user experience; 4 GB or higher dedicated RAM; Only AMD and NVIDIA GPUs supported (Intel chipsets are not supported)

Linux

Operating System: RHEL/Oracle Linux 8.4 (64-bit); SLES 15 SP3 (64-bit); CIQ Rocky Linux 8.4
Memory: 8 GB of RAM (32 GB recommended); 15 GB or more of free hard disk space
Graphics Hardware: OpenGL 3D graphics accelerator compatible with OpenGL 3.3 or higher; Vulkan 1.2 or higher; OpenCL 2.1 required; True color (24-bit) support; Install/update to most recent OpenGL patches/drivers; 1920x1080 screen resolution or higher for optimal user experience; 4 GB or higher dedicated RAM; Only AMD and NVIDIA GPUs supported (Intel chipsets are not supported)