DocumentCode
2353995
Title
Parallel Implementation of the Matrix Formulation of the FDTD Scheme
Author
Sypek, Piotr ; Wiktor, Michal ; Mrozowski, Michal
Author_Institution
Gdansk Univ. of Technol., Gdansk
fYear
2007
fDate
9-12 Sept. 2007
Firstpage
5
Lastpage
9
Abstract
We present a scalable method for efficient implementation of matrix formulation for finite difference time domain (FDTD) algorithm on parallel architectures. The matrix definition based on physical data properties and data division among grid nodes yielding minimal data transfer between them is described. Numerical performance is evaluated in the heterogeneous grid environment and two clusters.
Keywords
finite difference time-domain analysis; grid computing; matrix algebra; parallel architectures; FDTD scheme; data transfer; finite difference time domain algorithm; heterogeneous grid environment; matrix formulation; parallel architectures; physical data properties; Clustering algorithms; Computational efficiency; Concurrent computing; Finite difference methods; Grid computing; Magnetic fields; Matrices; Multicore processing; Parallel algorithms; Time domain analysis; Distributed Computing; Finite Difference Time Domain method; MPI; Parallel Algorithms;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
EUROCON, 2007. The International Conference on "Computer as a Tool"
Conference_Location
Warsaw
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-0813-9
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-0813-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/EURCON.2007.4400648
Filename
4400648
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