Simulation of the hydrodynamic device model on distributed memory parallel computers

IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1029-1047

  Aluru, N R ^a   Law, K H ^a   Dutton, R W ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDRODYNAMICS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MESFET DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; THERMAL DIFFUSION;

CONVECTIVE HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; DISTRIBUTED MEMORY PARALLEL COMPUTERS; GALERKIN FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SCALABILITY; SINGLE PROGRAM MULTIPLE DATA (SPMD) PROGRAMMING MODEL;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS;

EID: 0030246350     PISSN: 02780070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/43.536710     Document Type: Article

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