A novel multiple-walk parallel algorithm for the Barnes-Hut treecode on GPUs - Towards cost effective, high performance N-body simulation

Computer Science - Research and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 21-31

  Hamada, Tsuyoshi ^a   Nitadori, Keigo ^b   Benkrid, Khaled ^c   Ohno, Yousuke ^d   Morimoto, Gentaro ^d   Masada, Tomonari ^a   Shibata, Yuichiro ^a   Oguri, Kiyoshi ^a   Taiji, Makoto ^d  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

GPU; N bodysimulation; Tree algorithm

Indexed keywords

GENERAL-PURPOSE COMPUTATIONS; GPU; GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT; GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNITS; N-BODYSIMULATION; PARALLEL IMPLEMENTATIONS; SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING APPLICATIONS; TREE ALGORITHMS;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS EQUIPMENT; FORESTRY; PROGRAM PROCESSORS;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 69549086383     PISSN: 18652034     EISSN: 18652042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00450-009-0089-1     Document Type: Article

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