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Miguel Ruiz-Cabello N¹, Maksims Abaļenkovs², Luis M Diaz Angulo¹

¹Department of Electromagnetics and Physics of Matter, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.

|September 11, 2020

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This study confirms memory bandwidth limits parallel Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) method performance. Optimizing workload balancing based on memory bandwidth thresholds enhances computational electromagnetic simulations.

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Area of Science:

Computational Electromagnetics
High-Performance Computing
Numerical Methods

Background:

The Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) method is crucial for electromagnetic simulations.
Parallelization strategies (OpenMP, MPI) are essential for handling complex FDTD problems.
Understanding performance bottlenecks is key to efficient computational electromagnetics.

Purpose of the Study:

To conduct a comprehensive computational performance analysis of the parallel FDTD method.
To systematically investigate the impact of memory bandwidth on FDTD performance across different architectures.
To establish a basis for optimizing FDTD simulations through workload balancing.

Main Methods:

Parallelization using shared-memory (OpenMP) and distributed-memory (MPI) paradigms.
Vectorization implemented on Intel Knights Landing, Skylake, and ARM Cavium ThunderX2 architectures.
Performance evaluation focused on memory bandwidth as a limiting factor.

Main Results:

Memory bandwidth is identified as the primary performance limiter for FDTD in realistic scenarios.
A memory bandwidth threshold is determined, dependent on problem size, for optimal performance.
The findings were applied to optimize workload balancing for bioelectromagnetic simulations.

Conclusions:

Memory bandwidth significantly constrains parallel FDTD performance.
Establishing memory bandwidth thresholds enables performance optimization.
Optimized FDTD simulations are vital for complex bioelectromagnetic modeling.