Title :
The GRAPE project
Author :
Makino, Junichiro
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
The goal of the Gravity Pipe (GRAPE) project is to accelerate astrophysical N-body simulations. Because almost all computing time is spent evaluating the gravitational force between particles, we can greatly accelerate many N-body simulations by developing a specialized hardware system for the force calculation.
Keywords :
N-body problems; astronomy computing; celestial mechanics; digital simulation; force measurement; gravity; parallel processing; pipeline processing; GRAPE project; Gravity Pipe project; astrophysical N-body simulations; force calculation; gravitational force; Acceleration; Application software; Computational modeling; Equations; Gravity; Hardware; Numerical simulation; Orbits; Pipelines; Solar system; astronomy; physical sciences and engineering; signal processing; special-purpose computing;
Journal_Title :
Computing in Science & Engineering
DOI :
10.1109/MCSE.2006.15
