High-throughput pairwise point interactions in anton, a specialized machine for molecular dynamics simulation

Proceedings - International Symposium on High-Performance Computer Architecture

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 331-342

  Larson, Richard H ^a   Salmon, John K ^a   Dror, Ron O ^a   Deneroff, Martin M ^a   Young, Cliff ^a   Grossman, J P ^a   Shan, Yibing ^a   Klepeis, John L ^a   Shaw, David E ^a,b  

^a D E SHAW RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMPUTERS; DYNAMICS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; GENERAL PURPOSE COMPUTERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PARALLEL ALGORITHMS; PIPELINES; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SUPERCOMPUTERS;

ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES; ARITHMETIC OPERATIONS; CHIP COMMUNICATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL POWERS; CUTOFF RADIUSES; GRID POINTS; HIGH THROUGHPUTS; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; LOW LATENCIES; MD SIMULATIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; N-BODY PROBLEMS; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; ON TIMES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDES; PAIRWISE INTERACTIONS; PARALLEL SYSTEMS; PARALLELIZATION ALGORITHMS; POINT INTERACTIONS; SUB SYSTEMS; TIME SCALES; TWO POINTS;

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 57749191489     PISSN: 15300897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HPCA.2008.4658650     Document Type: Conference Paper

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