Parallel computations of antenna analysis on an extended transputer system

Author

Yung, Chi-Wah ; Chi-Wah Yung

Author_Institution

City Polytech. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Volume

30

Issue

5

fYear

1994

fDate

9/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

3610

Lastpage

3613

Abstract

An antenna analysis algorithm based on the method of moments is decomposed for execution in a custom-designed computer network, namely, the extended transputer processor farm system. It comprises Inmos T801 transputers and Intel 80486 single-processor boards. Special techniques have been developed for solving the antenna problem in parallel. Software was written to handle low-level tasks for parallel processing. Compared with the conventional process farm system, the modified architecture is faster yet much cheaper to implement. The system is applicable to similar parallel algorithms with a high computation-to-communication ratio. Satisfactory computational speedup is observed

Keywords

antenna theory; antennas; numerical analysis; parallel algorithms; parallel architectures; telecommunications computing; transputer systems; Inmos T801 transputers; Intel 80486 single-processor boards; antenna analysis algorithm; custom-designed computer network; extended transputer system; method of moments; moment methods; parallel processing; transputer processor farm system; Algorithm design and analysis; Application software; Cities and towns; Computer architecture; Computer networks; Concurrent computing; Moment methods; Parallel processing; Supercomputers; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.312721

Filename

312721