The bottom-up implementation of one MILC lattice QCD application on the cell blade

International Journal of Parallel Programming

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 488-507

  Shi, Guochun ^a   Kindratenko, Volodymyr ^a   Gottlieb, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell Broadband Engine; MILC; Quantum chromodynamics

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PERFORMANCE; CELL BROADBAND ENGINE; CELL PROCESSOR; EMPIRICAL MODEL; LATTICE QCD; LATTICE QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS; LATTICE SIZE; MAIN MEMORY; MILC; PARALLEL EXECUTIONS; POWER PROCESSORS; QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS; SYNERGISTIC PROCESSOR ELEMENT; XEON PROCESSORS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

CELL MEMBRANES;

EID: 69049084475     PISSN: 08857458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10766-009-0102-0     Document Type: Article

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