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Massively Data-Parallel Molecular Dynamics

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  • ERNESTO BONOMI

    (Massively Parallel Computing Project, IMHEF, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland)

  • MARCO TOMASSINI

    (Centro Svizzero di Calcolo Scientifico, Via Cantonale, CH-6928 Manno, Switzerland)

Abstract

In light of present day data-parallel computers, an appraisal of molecular dynamics simulations of large N-particle systems, isolated or in contact with a heat-bath, is given. Special attention is focused 011 the Connection Machine CM-2. Particularly the cases of long-range potentials and impulsive hard-core interactions are discussed in detail. Data-parallel strategies including data distribution, communications and computation are presented and compared with well-known sequential approaches. The conclusion offered is that the methods described here are easy to design and offer the possibility of reasonably fast implementations for the reliable simulation of macroscopic samples of matter.

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  • Ernesto Bonomi & Marco Tomassini, 1992. "Massively Data-Parallel Molecular Dynamics," International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 3(04), pages 709-731.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijmpcx:v:03:y:1992:i:04:n:s0129183192000440
    DOI: 10.1142/S0129183192000440
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