MULTIMILLION PARTICLE MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS .3. DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR DATA-PARALLEL PROCESSING

Authors
RAPAPORT DC
Citation
Dc. Rapaport, MULTIMILLION PARTICLE MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS .3. DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR DATA-PARALLEL PROCESSING, Computer physics communications, 76(3), 1993, pp. 301-317
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematical Method, Physical Science","Computer Applications & Cybernetics","Physycs, Mathematical
Journal title
Computer physics communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00104655
Volume
76
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
301 - 317
Database
ISI
SICI code
0010-4655(1993)76:3<301:MPM.DC>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
This paper describes an implementation of a parallel molecular dynamic s algorithm on the CM2 Connection Machine that is designed for large-s cale simulations. The method employs a cell subdivision of the simulat ion region, and is partly based on the layer approach developed for ve ctor processing. All communication is between adjacent processing elem ents, eliminating the need for global communication. Performance measu rements were made with systems containing over 10(6) particles.