SNA + MC 2013, 04208 (2014)
Memory Bottlenecks and Memory Contention in Multi-Core Monte Carlo Transport Codes
Argonne National Laboratory, Center for Exascale Simulation of Advanced Reactors, 9700 S Cass Ave, Argonne, IL 60439
We have extracted a kernel that executes only the most computationally expensive steps of the Monte Carlo particle transport algorithm - the calculation of macroscopic cross sections - in an effort to expose bottlenecks within multi-core, shared memory architectures.
Key words: Monte Carlo / Neutron Transport / Reactor Simulation / Cross Section / Benchmarks / High Performance Computing
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