Field Precision Unveils Aether Parallel for
Electromagnetics
Will be available on Feb 1, 2010
 ALBUQUERQUE,
NM, Sep 21, 2009 - Field Precision LLC announces high-speed 3D
electromagnetic software, Aether parallel version. Parallel processing has long been a promising path
to significant speed increases in computer simulations. Recent technological
developments make parallel processing a practical reality on personal
computers running Windows:
- The ability to address effectively unlimited memory in Windows XP64
and Vista64.
- The growing prevalence of dual-core and quad-core machines.
Field Precision has the goal of supporting automatic parallel processing
in the 64-bit versions of all of our software packages by mid-2010. Because
the programs are written in FORTRAN 95 with careful optimization, the serial
versions already achieve impressive speed. The clean code organization makes
parallelization straightforward and effective. With parallel processing, the
company expects speed amplification close to 2X for a dual-core machine and
4X for a quad-core machine.
Field Precision recently created a parallel version of Aether, a 3D time
and frequency-domain electromagnetic code. The unified finite-element
package handles all stages of a solution: mesh generation, field calculation
and interactive analysis. Time-domain calculations are appropriate for
pulsed-power devices, electromagnetic interference from transient events and
the diffusion of magnetic fields into conductive structures. In the
frequency domain, Aether handles both closed and open structures. Closed
system tasks include searches for resonant frequencies, generation of mode
field distributions and calculation of $Q$ factors. Open-system solutions
include antenna simulation and the determination of S parameters for
microwave networks.
Benchmark tests were performed with unmodified examples from the Aether
application library. In a resonant-mode search, the standard serial version
of the program completed the task in 255 seconds. On the average, the task
used one processor of a dual-Xeon system. The parallel version used 100% of
the system capability and completed the task in 142 seconds. The run time
was 56% of the serial-program time, close to the ideal.
Availability
The parallel version of Aether will be released for general distribution
on Feb 1, 2010. All purchasers of the serial version will receive a free
update.
About Field Precision
Field Precision LLC has created easy-to-use 2D and 3D simulation software
for personal computers since 1989. Application areas include electrostatics,
permanent magnets, charged-particle devices, microwave equipment, biomedical
engineering and X-ray technology. The company is based in Albuquerque, New
Mexico. Our educational texts on charged particle physics and technology are
in use by over 20,000 students and researchers.
For more information, visit
http://www.fieldp.com.
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