Title :
Using GPU With CUDA to Accelerate MoM-Based Electromagnetic Simulation of Wire-Grid Models
Author :
Topa, Tomasz ; Karwowski, Andrzej ; Noga, Artur
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Silesian Univ. of Technol., Gliwice, Poland
fDate :
7/3/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
In this letter, a CUDA-enabled graphics processing unit (GPU) accelerated implementation of the method of moments (MoM) for electromagnetic simulation of wire-grid models of arbitrary configurations of conducting surfaces and wires is presented. The solution based on the frequency-domain electric field integral equation (EFIE) discretized using piecewise-linear (triangular) functions for expansion and testing is considered. Some issues pertinent to porting a single-CPU sequential code to an inherently parallel GPU platform are addressed. The GPU numerical results for a user-created benchmark structure are backed up with comparison to CPU results. A noticeable speedup (about 6×) of the overall MoM simulation is achieved due to employing GPU.
Keywords :
computational electromagnetics; conducting bodies; coprocessors; electric field integral equations; frequency-domain analysis; method of moments; CUDA; EFIE; GPU; MoM; electromagnetic simulation; frequency-domain electric field integral equation; graphics processing unit; method of moments; piecewise-linear function; single-CPU sequential code; wire-grid model; Acceleration; Graphics processing unit; Instruction sets; Mathematical model; Matrix decomposition; Moment methods; Wires; CUDA; GPU acceleration; graphics processing unit (GPU); method of moments (MoM); wire-grid modeling;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LAWP.2011.2144557
