Malvern Instruments has launched a 64-bit edition of its Isys chemical imaging data analysis software, which has applications across a number of different technologies.
Isys is a single platform that supports the import of MIR, NIR and Raman imaging and mapping data files.
It includes all the tools needed to understand chemical imaging data in spectral (chemical) and spatial (image) dimensions simultaneously.
Thirty-day trial versions of the new 64-bit edition, as well as the original 32-bit edition, can be downloaded free of charge from Malvern's website.
The original 32-bit Isys, designed for chemical imaging and mapping, was developed from the ground up for the visualisation and analysis of multi-dimensional data.
As increasing numbers of researchers are now investing in 64-bit PCs and 64-bit versions of Microsoft Windows for handling large amounts of data, including large maps and concatenated images, the 64-bit edition of Isys permits manipulation of large imaging datasets.
The Windows 64-bit (x64) edition currently supports up to 128Gb of RAM, enabling applications to run faster when working with large datasets.
Applications can preload more data into virtual memory, allowing rapid access by the 64-bit processor.
With much more addressable memory, it is claimed that the speed of memory-intensive applications and processes has been greatly enhanced.
The 64-bit PC processors and the 64-bit editions of Microsoft Windows were specifically designed for workstation-class applications, including computer-aided design (CAD) and large databases, as well as scientific and engineering applications such as image processing.
The 64-bit edition of Isys contains the same interface as that on the 32-bit edition.
