Parallel Simulation of Population Balance Model-Based Particulate Processes Using Multicore CPUs and GPUs

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="475478.fig.004a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mse/volume-2013/475478/figures/475478.fig.004a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Comparison of simulation times with increase in grid size for different worker pool classes</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="475478.fig.004b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mse/volume-2013/475478/figures/475478.fig.004b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Speedup and efficiency obtained for a grid size of 36 </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><img alt="475478.fig.004c" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mse/volume-2013/475478/figures/475478.fig.004c.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(c) </b>Speedup and efficiency obtained for a grid size of 60</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Plots of simulation times and obtained speedup of the PB code incorporating the  <span style="font-family:monospace">SPMD</span> construct.</table>

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Figure 4: Parallel Simulation of Population Balance Model-Based Particulate Processes Using Multicore CPUs and GPUs 