Parallel implementations of the finite difference time domain (FDTD) method

Author

Rodohan, D.P. ; Saunders, S.R.

Author_Institution

Brunel Univ., Uxbridge, UK

fYear

1994

fDate

12-14 Apr 1994

Firstpage

367

Lastpage

370

Abstract

In this paper different parallel and sequential implementations of the finite difference time domain (FDTD) method are evaluated. The performance of current sequential architectures are first investigated. Possible improved performances from different parallel architectures are then examined. The parallel implementations consist of a network of workstations, a transputer network and an implementation on a single instruction stream multiple data stream (SIMD) architecture. The FDTD algorithm, a discretisation of Maxwell´s curl equations used to solve electromagnetic boundary value problems is also discussed

Keywords

Maxwell equations; boundary-value problems; electrical engineering computing; finite difference time-domain analysis; parallel architectures; transputer systems; workstations; FDTD algorithm; FDTD method; Maxwell´s curl equations; SIMD architecture; electromagnetic boundary value problems; finite difference time domain method; parallel architectures; parallel implementations; sequential architectures; sequential implementations; single instruction stream multiple data stream; transputer network; workstations network;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Computation in Electromagnetics, 1994. Second International Conference on

Conference_Location

London

Print_ISBN

0-85296-609-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/cp:19940093

Filename

324029