Real-time simulation of dynamic systems on a pyramid architecture

Author

Beale, Guy O.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA, USA

Volume

37

Issue

3

fYear

1990

fDate

6/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

212

Lastpage

220

Abstract

The applicability of a pyramid architecture, the GAM-2 pyramid computer, for the real-time simulation of dynamic systems is demonstrated. The architecture of the computer and the manner in which data are exchanged between processing elements are discussed. The author focuses on how the differential equations and the various computational units of the integration algorithm can be partitioned among the processing elements at the different levels in the pyramid in order to minimize the computation and data transfer times. The required computation time of an integration cycle is evaluated, and conclusions are drawn concerning the efficiency of using the GAM-2 pyramid and similar structures for digital simulation

Keywords

differential equations; digital simulation; integration; parallel algorithms; parallel architectures; real-time systems; GAM-2 pyramid computer; computation times; data transfer times; differential equations; dynamic systems; integration algorithm; real-time simulation; Adders; Computational modeling; Computer architecture; Computer simulation; Control systems; Differential equations; Nonlinear equations; Partitioning algorithms; Real time systems; Stability;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0278-0046

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/41.55160

Filename

55160