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Evaluating the performance of space plasma simulations using FPGAs
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posted on 2023-06-07, 20:22 authored by Ben Popoola, Paul GoughThis paper analyses the performance of a custom compute machine, that performs electrostatic plasma simulations, using Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). Although FPGAs run at slower clock speeds than their off-the-shelf counterparts, the processing power lost in the reduced number of clock cycles per second is quickly recovered in the high degree of spatial parallelism that is achievable within the devices. We describe the development of the architecture of the machine and its support for the C-programming language via the use of a cross-compiler. Results are presented and a discussion is given on the constraints of FPGAs in particular and the hardware design process in general.
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Publication status
- Published
ISSN
0302-9743Publisher
SpringerExternal DOI
Volume
2565Page range
169-188Pages
693.0Book title
High Performance Computing for Computational Science — VECPAR 2002 5th International Conference Porto, Portugal, June 26–28, 2002 Selected Papers and Invited TalksPlace of publication
Berlin & HeidelbergISBN
9783540008521Series
Lecture Notes in Computer ScienceDepartment affiliated with
- Engineering and Design Publications
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