Scalable simulations for directed self-assembly patterning with the use of GPU parallel computing

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8323, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Yoshimoto, Kenji ^a   Peters, Brandon L ^b   Khaira, Gurdaman S ^b   De Pablo, Juan J ^b  

^a IBM MICROELECTRONICS   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Block Copolymers; DSA; GPU; Molecular Modeling; Monte Carlo; Parallel Computing; Simulations

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS EQUIPMENT; MOLECULAR MODELING; PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; SELF ASSEMBLY;

COMPUTATIONAL PERFORMANCE; CONSUMER GRAPHICS CARDS; DIRECTED SELF-ASSEMBLY; DSA; GPU; GPU PARALLEL COMPUTING; LITHOGRAPHIC PROCESS; SIMULATIONS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 84878385410     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.917830     Document Type: Conference Paper

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