Paper title: GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT COMPUTATIONS FOR FINITE ELEMENT OPTIMIZATION: A REVIEW AND SOME ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED
Author(s): SIVAMAYAM SIVASUTHAN, VICTOR U. KARTHIK, THAVAPPIRAGASAM MATHIALAKAN, MOHAMMAD R. RAWASHDEH, PARAMSOTHY JAYAKUMAR, RAVI S. THYAGARAJAN, SAMUEL RATNAJEEVAN HERBERT HOOLE,
Abstract: In finite element optimization, the computational load is a limiting issue. Parallelization
has been the preferred route to overcome this problem but was again limited by the cost
of computers and the number of processors available. The graphics processing unit (GPU)
on a PC provides a means of implementing the massive computations on numerous parallel
threads cheaply on PCs. The purpose of this is to review finite element matrix equation
solution on the GPU and point out areas where further investigation is warranted. Our
intention is to direct computational research and computer architecture development so that
we may use the GPU better for more effective computational parallelization in finite
element field computation.
Keywords: Finite element method (FEM), Parallelization, Matrix computation,
Graphics processing unit (GPU) Year: 2015 | Tome: 60 | Issue: 3 | Pp.: 241-251
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