Memory bottlenecks and memory contention in multi-core Monte Carlo transport codes

Tramm, John R.; Siegel, Andrew R.

doi:10.1016/j.anucene.2014.08.038

Title: Memory bottlenecks and memory contention in multi-core Monte Carlo transport codes

Authors:: Tramm, John R.; Siegel, Andrew R.

Publication Date:: Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1249667

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Annals of Nuclear Energy

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Annals of Nuclear Energy Journal Volume: 82 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0306-4549

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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                    Tramm, John R., and Siegel, Andrew R. Memory bottlenecks and memory contention in multi-core Monte Carlo transport codes.  United Kingdom: N. p., 2015. 
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"Memory bottlenecks and memory contention in multi-core Monte Carlo transport codes".  United Kingdom.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2014.08.038.

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