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In this work we present Monte Carlo simulation of ultrafast electron transport in semiconductors. We study the scalability of the presented algorithms using high-performance computing resources in South-Eastern Europe. Numerical results for parallel efficiency and computational cost are also presented. In addition we discuss the coordinated use of heterogeneous HPC resources for one and the same application in order to achieve a good performance.
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Atanassov, E., Gurov, T., Karaivanova, A. (2014). Simulation of Electron Transport Using HPC Infrastructure in South-Eastern Europe. In: Dulea, M., Karaivanova, A., Oulas, A., Liabotis, I., Stojiljkovic, D., Prnjat, O. (eds) High-Performance Computing Infrastructure for South East Europe's Research Communities. Modeling and Optimization in Science and Technologies, vol 2. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01520-0_1
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