Abstract:

The paper discusses a fast implementation of the conjugate gradient iterative method with E-field multilevel preconditioner applied to solving real symmetric and sparse systems obtained with vector finite element method. In order to accelerate computations, a graphics processing unit (GPU) was used and significant speed-up (2.61 fold) was achieved comparing to a central processing unit (CPU) based approach. These results indicate that performance of electromagnetic simulations can be significantly improved thereby enabling full wave optimization of microwave components in more manageable time.

(A. Dziekonski, A. Lamecki and M. Mrozowski: “GPU Acceleration of Multilevel Solvers for Analysis of Microwave Components With Finite Element Method”, IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters 21(1) pp.1-3, Jan. 2011. [DOI])