A Modified TreePM Code

Details A Modified TreePM Code A Modified TreePM Code

2008-02-21

arxiv.org/abs/0802.3215v3

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

16 pages, 5 figures; Accepted for publication in Research In Astronomy and Astrophysics (RAA)

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We discuss the performance characteristics of using the modification of the tree code suggested by Barnes \citep{1990JCoPh..87..161B} in the context of the TreePM code. The optimisation involves identifying groups of particles and using only one tree walk to compute force for all the particles in the group. This modification has been in use in our implementation of the TreePM code for some time, and has also been used by others in codes that make use of tree structures. In this paper, we present the first detailed study of the performance characteristics of this optimisation. We show that the modification, if tuned properly can speed up the TreePM code by a significant amount. We also combine this modification with the use of individual time steps and indicate how to combine these two schemes in an optimal fashion. We find that the combination is at least a factor of two faster than the modified TreePM without individual time steps. Overall performance is often faster by a larger factor, as the scheme of groups optimises use of cache for large simulations.

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