Analysis and performance results of a molecular modeling application on merrimac

IEEE/ACM SC2004 Conference, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 563-572

  Erez, Mattan ^a   Ahn, Jung Ho ^a   Garg, Ankit ^a   Dally, William J ^a   Darve, Eric ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARDWARE SIMULATORS; MERRIMAC PROCESSORS; MOLECULAR MODELING;

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTATION THEORY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OPTIMIZATION; PROGRAM COMPILERS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS;

SUPERCOMPUTERS;

EID: 23944479934     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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