Strategies and performance norms for efficient utilization of vector pipeline computers as illustrated by the classical mechanical simulation of rotationally inelastic collisions

David L. Cochrane; Donald G. Truhlar

doi:10.1016/0167-8191(88)90006-3

Strategies and performance norms for efficient utilization of vector pipeline computers as illustrated by the classical mechanical simulation of rotationally inelastic collisions

David L. Cochrane, Donald G. Truhlar

Chemistry (Twin Cities)

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Abstract

We discuss the vectorization of a classical mechanical trajectory code which simulated the interaction of a rotationally excited rigid rotator with a colliding atom. This code was optimized in FORTRAN 77 and can be run on either a VAX 11/780 minicomputer or a CRAY-1 vector pipeline supercomputer. The article presents a global strategy for vectorizing a classical mechanical trajectory code, a set of performance criteria for characterizing the vectorization of a computer code, and an analysis of the four major subroutines of the vectorized trajectory code in terms of this strategy and these criteria.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	63-85
Number of pages	23
Journal	Parallel Computing
Volume	6
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-8191(88)90006-3
State	Published - Jan 1988

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We acknowledge the University of Minnesota Supercomputer Institute for a grant of time on the University of Minnesota Supercomputer Institute CRAY-1 computer. This work was also supported in part by the National Science Foundation under grant no. CHE83-17944.

Keywords

CRAY-1
Simulation of rotationally inelastic collisions
implementation features
timing results
vectorization

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