Title :
High performance preconditioning on supercomputers for the 3D device simulator MINIMOS
Author :
Traar, K.P. ; Mader, W. ; Heinreichsberger, O. ; Selberherr, S. ; Stiftinger, M.
Author_Institution :
SIEMENS AG Osterreich, Vienna, Austria
Abstract :
An attempt was made to optimize the performance of 3D-MINIMOS on a SIEMENS/Fujitsu VP 200. Jacobi and incomplete LU-factorization methods were investigated along with various hand tuning options. Results are compared with those obtained on a Cray-2 and an ALLIANT/FX40 minisupercomputer
Keywords :
conjugate gradient methods; insulated gate field effect transistors; parallel processing; performance evaluation; pipeline processing; semiconductor device models; 3D device simulator MINIMOS; 3D-MINIMOS; ALLIANT/FX40 minisupercomputer; Cray-2; Jacobi preconditioner; MOSFET; SIEMENS/Fujitsu VP 200; incomplete LU-factorization methods; vectorization; Boundary conditions; Charge carrier processes; Concurrent computing; Lead compounds; Linear systems; Nonlinear equations; Partial differential equations; Physics; Supercomputers; Very large scale integration;
Conference_Titel :
Supercomputing '90., Proceedings of
Conference_Location :
New York, NY
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2056-0
DOI :
10.1109/SUPERC.1990.130024
