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["Sainath Nimmagadda" <gigabit@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Field solver experts:

I received very few responses on-line and private. I guess this is due 
to lightning effect that upset some servers out there recently. Some 
experts may've been on summer vacation ...

Here is another question from a different angle.

Is/was there any effort to map any field solver algorithm to 
application-specific silicon? If so, what's the experience? If none, 
what are the pros and cons of such implementation?

Thanks in advance,
Sainath

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>Date: Wed,  9 Jul 2003 11:50:05 -0800
>From: "Sainath Nimmagadda" <gigabit@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: "Sainath Nimmagadda" <gigabit@xxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <emc-pstc@xxxxxxxx>
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>Subject: Field Solver Questions
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>Field solver experts:
>
>I have some generic questions. Consider the well-known finite element 
>method(FEM) solver and assume full-wave solution and almost perfect 
>boundary, unless mentioned otherwise.
>
>1) Are there any benchmarks on the speed of these solvers compared to 
>other kinds of solvers in time-domain or frequency-domain?
>
>2) If a raw, non-optimized solver does it in T time, what is the likely 

>max. speed improvement using conceptual or computational optimization? 

>An educated guess will help for a start.
>
>3) Suppose a solver is designed to solve for only three E(or 
>H)components, instead of all six field components. What is the likely 
>max. speed improvement? Again, an educated guess will help for a 
start.
>
>4) Would you consider the solver in 3) a full-wave solver? If yes, 
under 
>what conditions? If no, please give reasons.
>
>5) If you were to design the solver in 3), what kind of conceptual 
>pitfalls, if any, would you look for and try to avoid?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Sainath
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