Research Initiation: Cost-Effective Plasma Simulation via Special-Purpose Computers

设计具有成本效益的等离子体模拟专用计算机的问题正在得到解决。该项目的主要目标是设计和评估能够有效执行等离子体粒子模拟代码的计算机。该项目的第二个目标是利用当今的技术制造这样的计算机。一个更具成本效益的粒子模拟系统将帮助物理学家研究等离子体现象。结果可以扩展到更高维度和具有类似计算需求的其他领域。

The design of special purpose computers for cost-effective plasma simulation is being addressed. The primary goal of the project is to design and evaluate computers that efficiently execute plasma particle simulation codes. A second goal of the project is to build such computers using today's technologies. A more cost-effective particle simulation system will aid physicists in their investigation of plasma phenomena. Results could be extended to higher dimensionality and to other domains with similar computation requirements.