P4M: a parallel version of P3M

被引:10
作者
Brieu, PP
Evrard, AE
机构
[1] Univ Michigan, Dept Phys, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
[2] CNRS, IAP, F-75014 Paris, France
来源
NEW ASTRONOMY | 2000年 / 5卷 / 03期
基金
美国国家航空航天局; 美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
methods : numerical; cosmology : miscellaneous;
D O I
10.1016/S1384-1076(00)00023-3
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We present a basic parallel version of the particle-particle/particle-mesh (P3M) code for cosmological simulations. The resulting code (P4M) uses explicit message passing in the form of MPL and was implemented in a pioneering 1995-1997 effort on the IBM RS/6000 SP distributed-memory supercomputer. We present tests and comparisons to the serial version. We examine performance issues and discuss applications and future modifications. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:163 / 180
页数:18
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