A GPU implementation of the 2-D finite-difference time-domain code using high level shader language

Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 309-316

  Takada, N ^a   Masuda, N ^b   Tanaka, T ^b   Abe, Y ^b   Ito, T ^b  

^a SONY CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; IMAGE CODING; METHOD OF MOMENTS;

CENTRAL PROCESSING UNITS; COMPUTATION SPEED; COMPUTATION TIME; FDTD METHODS; FDTD SIMULATIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; FINITE-DIFFERENCE-TIME-DOMAIN METHODS; GPU IMPLEMENTATIONS; GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNITS; HIGH-SPEED COMPUTATIONS; PENTIUM 4; PLANE-WAVE SCATTERINGS; RECTANGULAR CYLINDERS; SCATTERED ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 59349098179     PISSN: 10544887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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