OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS FOR MAGNETICS AND THEIR PARALLELIZABILITY

Parallelization of optimization routines is now increasingly resorted to, because of the heavy computation associated with the optimization of electromagnetic products in the process of their design. This paper evaluated the possibilities for parallelization in electromagnetic pr oduct design. The several optimization algorithms available are evalua ted for their parallelizability. It is further shown that, given the p resent limits of technology in relation to the number of processors av ailable on shared memory computers of parallel architecture, paralleli zation in electromagnetic optimization is not necessarily worth attemp ting at present. Thus, works of this nature, area of necessity, for th e future, in readiness for that day when a new generation of parallel computer is available to us.