Title :
Mapping electromagnetic field computations to parallel processors
Author :
Tatalias, Kosmo D. ; Bornholdt, James M.
Author_Institution :
Atlantic Aerosp. Electron Corp., Greenbelt, MD, USA
fDate :
7/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An introduction to parallel processing for the electromagnetic analyst is presented. Scaled speedup is explained, and the use of SIMD (single instruction, multiple data) and MIMD (multiple instruction, multiple data) machines is discussed. Methods of electromagnetic field computation (method of moments, finite-difference time domain, finite-element method, spectral iteration) are broadly surveyed to indicate which characteristics make them amenable to parallel processing and which architectures are best suited to those characteristics
Keywords :
electrical engineering computing; electromagnetic field theory; parallel processing; MIMD; SIMD; electromagnetic field computations; finite-difference time domain; finite-element method; method of moments; multiple data; multiple instruction; parallel architectures; parallel processing; parallel processors; scaled speedup; single instruction; spectral iteration; Aerospace electronics; Arithmetic; Computer architecture; Concurrent computing; Electromagnetic analysis; Electromagnetic fields; Finite difference methods; Iterative algorithms; Moment methods; Parallel processing;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
