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Multiprocessor parallel computing device for application to the execution of a numerical simulation software program

US5774693A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 28, 1996
Grant dateJun 30, 1998
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Expiry dateFeb 28, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F30/23
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A multiprocessor parallel computing device for application to the execution of a numerical simulation software program which includes an external computer, a main processor, a plurality of sub processors, and a DMA controller, and controlled to set up a parallel computing architecture in FDTD (finite difference time domain) and, which divides the computational domain into a plurality of equal cells, then distributes the values of the functions of the three components E.sub.x, E.sub.y, E.sub.z, H.sub.x, H.sub.y, H.sub.z of the variables E and H of the domain to a plurality of sub processors thereof for computation so as to shorten FDTD computer simulation time.

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