A practical look at GPU-accelerated FDTD performance

Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 315-322

  Weldon, Mike ^a   Maxwell, Logan ^a   Cyca, Dan ^a   Hughes, Matt ^a   Whelan, Conrad ^a   Okoniewski, Michal ^a,b  

^a Acceleware Corp   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acceleration; CPML; Dispersive materials; FDTD; GPU

Indexed keywords

CPML; DISPERSIVE MATERIALS; DOMAIN DECOMPOSITIONS; EXTREME CASE; FDTD; GPU; KEY FEATURE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS;

DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION METHODS;

PROGRAM PROCESSORS;

EID: 77958181640     PISSN: 10544887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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