Porting the 3D gyrokinetic particle-in-cell code GTC to the NEC SX-6 vector architecture: Perspectives and challenges

Computer Physics Communications

Volumn 164, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 456-458

  Ethier, S ^a   Lin, Z ^b  

^a PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Code optimization; Particle in cell; Vector processor

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CACHE MEMORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; OPTIMIZATION; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PLASMAS; POISSON EQUATION; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBULENCE; VECTORS;

CODE OPTIMIZATION; GYROKINETIC TOROIDAL CODE (GTC); PARTICLE-IN-CELL; VECTOR PROCESSORS;

CODES (SYMBOLS);

EID: 10444278227     PISSN: 00104655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2004.06.060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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