Using analog computers in today's largest computational challenges
Computational Physics
2021-12-20 v2 Emerging Technologies
Numerical Analysis
Numerical Analysis
Abstract
Analog computers can be revived as a feasible technology platform for low precision, energy efficient and fast computing. We justify this statement by measuring the performance of a modern analog computer and comparing it with that of traditional digital processors. General statements are made about the solution of ordinary and partial differential equations. Computational fluid dynamics are discussed as an example of large scale scientific computing applications. Several models are proposed which demonstrate the benefits of analog and digital-analog hybrid computing.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2102.07268,
title = {Using analog computers in today's largest computational challenges},
author = {Sven Köppel and Bernd Ulmann and Lars Heimann and Dirk Killat},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.07268},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
12 pages, 2 figures, accepted paper towards a Special Issue of the open-access journal "Advances in Radio Science"