Compute unified device architecture (CUDA) based finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) implementation

Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 303-314

  Demir, Veysel ^a   Elsherbeni, Atef Z ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Compute unified device architecture (CUDA); FDTD methods; Graphics processing unit (GPU) programming; Hardware accelerated computing; Parallel architectures

Indexed keywords

CELL MAPPING; CENTRAL PROCESSOR UNITS; COMPUTE UNIFIED DEVICE ARCHITECTURES; DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT; FDTD METHOD; FDTD SIMULATIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN; GPU COMPUTING; GRAPHICS CARD; GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT; GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNITS; HARDWARE ACCELERATED COMPUTING; HIGH PERFORMANCE SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING; SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS;

CONFORMAL MAPPING; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGES; IMAGE CODING; PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES; PROGRAM PROCESSORS;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS EQUIPMENT;

EID: 77958184943     PISSN: 10544887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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