Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology · 1992 · 55 citations · 6 references
Natural SciencesHigh-performance ComputingPhysicsComputational PhysicsNuclear PhysicsScientific ComputingMonte Carlo MethodsMonte Carlo Radiation TransportMonte Carlo SimulationMonte Carlo Transport MethodsNeutron TransportNeutron Transport TheoryComputation SpeedContinuous-energy Neutron TransportMonte Carlo Neutron TransportNeutron Transport AnalysisNeutron Transport ModelingRandom Walk SimulationSupercomputer ArchitectureVectorization
The vectorization method was studied to achieve a high efficiency for the precise physics model used in the continuous energy Monte Carlo method. The collision analysis task was reconstructed on the basis of the event based algorithm, and the stack-driven zone-selection method was applied to the vectorization of random walk simulation. These methods were installed into the vectorized continuous energy MVP code for general purpose uses. Performance of the present method was evaluated by comparison with conventional scalar codes VIM and MCNP for two typical problems. The MVP code achieved a vectorization ratio of more than 95% and a computation speed faster by a factor of 8–22 on the FACOM VP-2600 vector supercomputer compared with the conventional scalar codes.
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Vectorized Monte Carlo photon transport
Frank W. Bobrowicz, John E. Lynch, Kay Fisher et al. · Parallel Computing · 1984 · 23 citations