Adapting MoM with RWG basis functions to GPU technology using CUDA

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages 480-483

  Topa, Tomasz ^a   Noga, Artur ^a   Karwowski, Andrzej ^a  

^a SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

CUDA; general purpose computing; graphics processing unit (GPU); method of moments (MoM); Rao WiltonGlisson (RWG) basis functions

Indexed keywords

BASIS FUNCTIONS; CUDA; CYLINDRICAL CUPS; GENERAL-PURPOSE COMPUTING; GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT; MIXED POTENTIAL INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; RWG BASIS FUNCTION;

ANTENNAS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS EQUIPMENT;

EID: 79958043233     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2011.2154373     Document Type: Article

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