Experimental multiprocessor architecture dedicated for solving 3D PDEs

Author

Libs, J.-M. ; Siaud, B. ; Durupt, J. ; Boutherin, B. ; Jacquemod, G. ; Helley, M. Le

Author_Institution

Lab. d´´Electron., Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Ecully, France

fYear

1993

fDate

27-29 Jan 1993

Firstpage

71

Lastpage

77

Abstract

In order to achieve more accurate studies, there is a definite trend towards 3D numerical simulations, which require very long computation times. We report on a parallel architecture multiprocessor system dedicated to the resolution of 3D partial differential equations (PDEs), to be linked to a classical workstation. This parallel system improves the calculation times mainly by use of spatial parallelism. Some examples of resolutions by means of a finite volume discretisation method are presented, as well as an interesting approach using the scanning order of the discretisation nodes

Keywords

mathematics computing; parallel architectures; partial differential equations; 3D numerical simulations; 3D partial differential equations; computation time; discretisation node scanning order; equation resolution; finite volume discretisation method; multiprocessor system; parallel architecture; spatial parallelism; workstation; Computer architecture; Gaussian processes; Iterative methods; Multiprocessing systems; Parallel architectures; Parallel processing; Poisson equations; Spatial resolution; Temperature; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Parallel and Distributed Processing, 1993. Proceedings. Euromicro Workshop on

Conference_Location

Gran Canaria

Print_ISBN

0-8186-3610-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EMPDP.1993.336418

Filename

336418