Accelerating molecular dynamics simulations on playstation 3 platform using virtual-grape programming model

SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 3108-3125

  Narumi, Tetsu ^a   Kameoka, Shun ^a   Taiji, Makoto ^b   Yasuoka, Kenji ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell broadband engine; GRAPE; Molecular dynamics simulation; PlayStation 3; Special purpose computer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER HARDWARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; MICROCOMPUTERS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; SOFTWARE DESIGN; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

CELL BROADBAND ENGINE; COMPUTATIONAL POWER; DYNAMICS SIMULATION; GRAPE; LONG-RANGE FORCES; MOLECULAR DYNAMIC SIMULATION; PLAYSTATION 3; PROGRAMMING MODELS; SPECIAL-PURPOSE COMPUTER; VIDEO-GAMES;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 55249094846     PISSN: 10648275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/070692054     Document Type: Article

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