Neural simulations on multi-core architectures

Autor: Hubert Eichner, Tobias Klug, Alexander Borst
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Frontiers in Neuroinformatics, Vol 3 (2009)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1662-5196
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.11.021.2009
Popis: Neuroscience is witnessing increasing knowledge about the anatomy and electrophysiological properties of neurons and their connectivity, leading to an ever increasing computational complexity of neural simulations. At the same time, a rather radical change in personal computer technology emerges with the establishment of multi-cores: high-density, explicitly parallel processor architectures for both high performance as well as standard desktop computers. This work introduces strategies for the parallelization of biophysically realistic neural simulations based on the compartmental modeling technique and results of such an implementation, with a strong focus on multi-core architectures and automation, i. e. user-transparent load balancing.
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