Prospects for a lattice gas computer

Abstract

A two-day workshop was held in June of 1988, to discuss the feasibility of designing and building a large computer dedicated to lattice gas cellular automata. The primary emphasis was on applications for modeling Navier-Stokes hydrodynamics. The meeting had two goals: 1) To identify those theoretical issues which would have to be addressed before the hardware implementation of a lattice-gas machine would be possible; and 2) To begin to evaluate alternative architectures for a dedicated lattice-gas computer. This brief paper contains a summary of the main issues and conclusions discussed at the workshop.