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2008 SC - International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis, SC 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Bowers, K J ^a   Albright, B J ^b   Bergen, B ^b   Yin, L ^b   Barker, K J ^b   Kerbyson, D J ^b  

^a D E SHAW RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Heterogeneous architecture; High performance computing; Inertial confinement fusion; Laser plasma instability; Memory management; Particle in cell; Petaflop

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEOUS ARCHITECTURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING; LASER PLASMA INSTABILITY; MEMORY MANAGEMENT; PARTICLE IN CELL; PETAFLOP;

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; COMPUTER SCIENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; IGNITION; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION; LASER BEAMS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LASERS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; METAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; SIMULATORS; SUPERCOMPUTERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WAVE PLASMA INTERACTIONS;

PLASMA STABILITY;

EID: 70449491313     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SC.2008.5222734     Document Type: Conference Paper

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