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The goal of the Gravity Pipe (GRAPE) project is to accelerate astrophysical N-body simulations. Because almost all computing time is spent evaluating the gravitational force between particles, we can greatly accelerate many N-body simulations by developing a specialized hardware system for the force calculation.
Index Terms:
special-purpose computing, signal processing, physical sciences and engineering, astronomy
Citation:
Junichiro Makino, "The GRAPE Project," Computing in Science and Engineering, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 30-40, Jan./Feb. 2006, doi:10.1109/MCSE.2006.15 Usage of this product signifies your acceptance of the Terms of Use. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||