A fast processor for Monte-Carlo simulation

Robert B. Pearson; John L. Richardson; Doug Toussain

doi:10.1016/0021-9991(83)90090-6

A fast processor for Monte-Carlo simulation

Robert B. Pearson, John L. Richardson, Doug Toussain

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Abstract

A special purpose processor for Monte-Carlo simulation of the three-dimensional Ising model is described. This device performs the Monte-Carlo updating algorithm on 25 million spins per second on a 64³ lattice. The device is also capable of measuring the energy and magnetization of the system or passing the updated lattice to a host computer.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	241-249
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Computational Physics
Volume	51
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9991(83)90090-6
State	Published - Aug 1983

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Numerical Analysis
Modeling and Simulation
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
General Physics and Astronomy
Computer Science Applications
Computational Mathematics
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