Acceleration of Field Computations Using Graphical Processing Units

Author

Inman, Matthew J. ; Elsherbeni, Atef Z.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Mississippi Univ., MS

fYear

0

fDate

0-0 0

Firstpage

51

Lastpage

51

Abstract

In this paper, various acceleration methods for field computations using graphical processing units (CPU´s) are discussed. An examination is performed on various routines and algorithms common in field computations, such as iterative solvers (FDTD) and matrix solvers (FEM/MoM), and their applicability and performance are tested using GPU implementations. The results are compared against current CPU only methods and acceleration is analyzed. Sample results are presented and shown to agree with known solutions while maintaining various degrees of acceleration

Keywords

computational electromagnetics; finite difference time-domain analysis; finite element analysis; iterative methods; matrix algebra; method of moments; FDTD; FEM; MoM; acceleration methods; field computations; graphical processing units; iterative solvers; matrix solvers; Acceleration; Central Processing Unit; Computer graphics; Displays; Electromagnetic fields; Finite difference methods; Iterative algorithms; Performance evaluation; Testing; Time domain analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetic Field Computation, 2006 12th Biennial IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Miami, FL

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0320-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CEFC-06.2006.1632843

Filename

1632843