Finite element simulation of semiconductor devices on multiprocessor computers

Parallel Computing

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1994, Pages 1129-1159

  Pena, T F ^a   Zapata, E L ^b   Evans, D J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Hypercube computers; Mapping problem; Nonlinear systems; Nonsymmetric systems; Semiconductor devices; Sparse matrix vector multiplication

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; VECTORS;

CONJUGATE GRADIENT METHOD; HYPERCUBE COMPUTERS; MAPPING PROBLEM; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; NONSYMMETRIC SYSTEMS; POISSON EQUATION; SPARSE MATRIX VECTOR MULTIPLICATION;

MULTIPROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0028481334     PISSN: 01678191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-8191(94)90072-8     Document Type: Article

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