A new direction in computational electromagnetics: Solving large problems using the parallel FDTD on the BlueGene/L supercomputer providing teraflop-level performance

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 26-44

  Yu, Wenhua ^a   Yang, Xiaoling ^a   Liu, Yongjun ^a   Ma, Lai Ching ^a   Su, Tao ^a   Huang, Neng Tien ^a   Mittra, Raj ^a   Maaskant, Rob ^b   Lu, Yongquan ^c   Che, Qing ^c   Lu, Rui ^c   Su, Zhiwu ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Astronomy Westerbork Observatory   (Netherlands)

^c Communication University of China ^*  (China)

Author keywords

Antenna arrays; Antennas; Computer graphics software; FDTD; Graphical user interfaces; Helical antennas; Microstrip arrays; Packaging; Parallel algorithms; Parallel machines; Parallel processing; Vivaldi antennas

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ANTENNA ACCESSORIES; ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNAS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CODES (STANDARDS); COMPUTERS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; ELECTRONICS PACKAGING; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MAGNETISM; NONLINEAR OPTICS; SUPERCOMPUTERS;

BEOWULF CLUSTERS; COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS SOFTWARE; ELECTRONIC PACKAGING; FDTD; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; HELICAL ANTENNAS; MICROSTRIP ARRAYS; PACKAGING; PARALLEL ALGORITHMS; PARALLEL MACHINES; PARALLEL PROCESSING; PARALLELIZATION; PATCH ANTENNAS; PENTIUM 4; VIVALDI; VIVALDI ANTENNAS;

CODES (SYMBOLS);

EID: 48849096436     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2008.4562255     Document Type: Article

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