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GPU libraries speed performance analysis for RCWA simulation matrix operations

GPU libraries speed performance analysis for RCWA simulation matrix operations
GPU libraries speed performance analysis for RCWA simulation matrix operations
Rigorous Coupled Wave Analysis (RCWA) method is highly efficient for the simulation of diffraction efficiency and field distribution patterns in periodic structures and textured optoelectronic devices. GPU has been increasingly used in complex scientific problems such as climate simulation and the latest Covid-19 spread model. In this paper, we break down the RCWA simulation problem to key computational steps (eigensystem solution, matrix inversion/multiplication) and investigate speed performance provided by optimized linear algebra GPU libraries in comparison to multithreaded Intel MKL CPU library running on IRIDIS 5 supercomputer (1 NVIDIA v100 GPU and 40 Intel Xeon Gold 6138 cores CPU). Our work shows that GPU outperforms CPU significantly for all required steps. Eigensystem solution becomes 60% faster, Matrix inversion improves with size achieving 8x faster for large matrixes. Most significantly, matrix multiplication becomes 40x faster for small and 5x faster for large matrix sizes.
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Xu, Jingxiao
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Charlton, Martin D.B.
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Witzigmann, Bernd
Osiński, Marek
Arakawa, Yasuhiko
Xu, Jingxiao
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Charlton, Martin D.B.
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Witzigmann, Bernd
Osiński, Marek
Arakawa, Yasuhiko

Xu, Jingxiao and Charlton, Martin D.B. (2023) GPU libraries speed performance analysis for RCWA simulation matrix operations. Witzigmann, Bernd, Osiński, Marek and Arakawa, Yasuhiko (eds.) In Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XXXI. vol. 12415, SPIE. 8 pp . (doi:10.1117/12.2650112).

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Rigorous Coupled Wave Analysis (RCWA) method is highly efficient for the simulation of diffraction efficiency and field distribution patterns in periodic structures and textured optoelectronic devices. GPU has been increasingly used in complex scientific problems such as climate simulation and the latest Covid-19 spread model. In this paper, we break down the RCWA simulation problem to key computational steps (eigensystem solution, matrix inversion/multiplication) and investigate speed performance provided by optimized linear algebra GPU libraries in comparison to multithreaded Intel MKL CPU library running on IRIDIS 5 supercomputer (1 NVIDIA v100 GPU and 40 Intel Xeon Gold 6138 cores CPU). Our work shows that GPU outperforms CPU significantly for all required steps. Eigensystem solution becomes 60% faster, Matrix inversion improves with size achieving 8x faster for large matrixes. Most significantly, matrix multiplication becomes 40x faster for small and 5x faster for large matrix sizes.

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Published date: 10 March 2023
Venue - Dates: Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XXXI, , San Francisco, United States, 2023-01-28 - 2023-02-03

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Local EPrints ID: 490034
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/490034
ISSN: 0277-786X
PURE UUID: 360a8822-23d2-4302-b001-f30857d840e1
ORCID for Jingxiao Xu: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-6116-0057

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Date deposited: 14 May 2024 16:30
Last modified: 13 Jun 2024 01:57

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Author: Jingxiao Xu ORCID iD
Author: Martin D.B. Charlton
Editor: Bernd Witzigmann
Editor: Marek Osiński
Editor: Yasuhiko Arakawa

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