A parallel approach for Monte Carlo-based photon propagation simulation

Author

Rusu, Irena ; Pentiuc, S. ; Ungurean, Ioan ; Craciun, E.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., “Stefan cel Mare” Univ. of Suceava, Suceava, Romania

fYear

2012

fDate

25-27 Oct. 2012

Firstpage

78

Lastpage

81

Abstract

In this paper we present a parallel approach for radiation propagation simulation using Monte Carlo technique. Our work focuses on developing techniques of parallelization and optimization of Monte Carlo simulation algorithms specific to the CBEA-based clusters. The results of the first attempts of developing a parallel Monte Carlo simulation for photon propagation are presented in this paper. These experiments showed us encouraging results, the compute power of PowerXCell8i processor demonstrating again its potential, and the advantages of IBM Roadrunner architecture.

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; microprocessor chips; optical engineering computing; optimisation; parallel architectures; CBEA-based clusters; IBM Roadrunner architecture; Monte Carlo-based photon propagation simulation; PowerXCell8i processor; cell broadband engine architecture; optimization techniques; parallel approach; parallelization techniques; radiation propagation simulation; Cell/B.E.; Monte Carlo; high-performance computing; modeling; simulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Tier 2 Federation Grid, Cloud & High Performance Computing Science (RO-LCG), 2012 5th Romania

Conference_Location

Cluj-Napoca

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2242-3

Type

conf

Filename

6528251