First Cluster Algorithm Special Purpose Processor

A.L. Talapov, V.B. Andreichenko, V.S. Dotsenko and L.N. Shchur

Int.J.Mod.Phys. C4 (1993) 787-804

Abstract:    
We describe the architecture of the special purpose processor built to realize in hardware cluster Wolff algorithm, which is not hampered by a critical slowing down. The processor simulates two-dimensional Ising-like spin systems. With minor changes the same very effective architecture, which can be defined as a Memory Machine, can be used to study phase transitions in a wide range of models in two or three dimensions.
Keywords:    
Special Processor; Random Number Generation; Ising Model; Random Fields; Monte-Carlo Simulations; Phase Transitions; Cluster Algorithms; Wolff Algorithm

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