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Implementation of a bi-parallel Monte Carlo device simulation on two architectures

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This paper describes two implementations of a semiconductor device simulator on two different architectures. The simulation process is based on the Monte Carlo method, a particle-in-cell algorithm. It simulates the motion of particles under the influence of electric fields, that have to be periodically updated with the Poisson equation solution. We present a parallelization using a bi-parallelism scheme, to avoid load imbalance that can be encountered with the domain decomposition. The parallelization of the Monte Carlo part gives optimal speed-up. However the poor efficiency of the implemented Poisson solution damaged this result.

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  1. Laboratoire d'Informatique Fondamentale de Lille, U.R.A. CNRS 369, Bâtiment M3, Cité Scientifique, F-59655, Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France

    Fabien Banse & Jean-Luc Dekeyser

  2. Institut d'Électronique et de Micro-électronique du Nord Département Hyperfréquences et Semi-conducteurs, U.M.R. CNRS 9929, Cité Scientifique, Avenue Poincaré, BP 69, F-59652, Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France

    Fabien Banse, Renaud Fauquembergue & François Dessenne

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  1. Fabien Banse
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  2. Jean-Luc Dekeyser
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Banse, F., Dekeyser, JL., Fauquembergue, R., Dessenne, F. (1998). Implementation of a bi-parallel Monte Carlo device simulation on two architectures. In: Sloot, P., Bubak, M., Hertzberger, B. (eds) High-Performance Computing and Networking. HPCN-Europe 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1401. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0037146

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