Hardware acceleration of n-body simulations for galactic dynamics

Todd A. Cook; Hong-Ryul Kim; Loucas Louca

doi:10.1117/12.221330

19 September 1995 Hardware acceleration of n-body simulations for galactic dynamics

Todd A. Cook, Hong-Ryul Kim, Loucas Louca

Proceedings Volume 2607, Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) for Fast Board Development and Reconfigurable Computing; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.221330
Event: Photonics East '95, 1995, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Abstract

N-body methods are used to simulate the evolution and interaction of galaxies. These simulations are usually run on large-scale supercomputers or on very expensive full-custom hardare. This paper presents an alternative hardware method for acceleration of N-body simulations. The method yields a significant fraction of the performance of custom hardware and provides a great deal more flexibility. A protoype implementation is presented.

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Todd A. Cook, Hong-Ryul Kim, and Loucas Louca "Hardware acceleration of n-body simulations for galactic dynamics", Proc. SPIE 2607, Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) for Fast Board Development and Reconfigurable Computing, (19 September 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.221330

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