Book excerpt: Advanced FDTD Methods: Parallelization, Acceleration, and Engineering Applications -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Computational Electromagnetic Methods -- 1.1 FDTD METHOD -- 1.1.1 FDTD Update Equations -- 1.1.2 Stability Analysis -- 1.1.3 Boundary Conditions -- 1.2 METHOD OF MOMENTS -- 1.3 FINITE ELEMENT METHOD -- 1.3.1 Scalar Formulation -- 1.3.2 Vector Formulation -- 1.4 FINITE INTEGRATION TECHNIQUE -- References -- Chapter 2 FDTD Optimization and Acceleration -- 2.1 INTRODUCTION TO CPU ARCHITECTURE -- 2.2 SSE INSTRUCTION SET -- 2.3 CACHE OPTIMIZATION -- 2.4 TASK PARALLELIZATION AND BUNDLING -- 2.5 PREFETCH -- 2.6 READING OR WRITING COMBINATION -- 2.7 MATERIAL LOOP-UP TABLE -- 2.8 NUMA OPTIMIZATION -- 2.9 IMPLEMENTATION OF VALU FDTD METHOD -- References -- Chapter 3 Parallel FDTD Method and Systems -- 3.1 PARALLEL FDTD METHOD -- 3.2 OPENMP FOR MULTICORE PROCESSORS -- 3.3 MPI TECHNIQUE -- 3.4 NETWORK CARD, SWITCH, AND CABLE -- References -- Chapter 4 Electromagnetic Simulation Techniques -- 4.1 MESH GENERATION TECHNIQUES -- 4.2 BASIC SIMULATION PROCEDURE -- 4.3 DIPOLE ANTENNA -- 4.4 VIVALDI ANTENNA SIMULATION -- 4.5 BANDED MICROWAVE CONNECTOR -- 4.6 PARALLEL LINES -- 4.7 TWO-PORT ANTENNA -- 4.8 SLOT COUPLING -- 4.9 MICROWAVE FILTER -- 4.10 OPTIMIZATION AND PARAMETER SCAN -- 4.11 PERIODIC STRUCTURE SIMULATION -- 4.12 GROUND PENETRATING RADAR MODEL -- 4.13 MICROWAVE CONNECTOR -- References -- Chapter 5 EM Simulation Software Benchmarks -- 5.1 BASIC STEPS IN EM SIMULATION -- 5.1.1 HFSS -- 5.1.2 CST -- 5.1.3 FEKO -- 5.1.4 GEMS -- 5.2 HARDWARE PLATFORMS -- 5.3 PATCH ANTENNA -- 5.4 VIVALDI ANTENNA -- 5.5 SCATTERING OF DIELECTRIC SPHERE -- 5.6 CELL PHONE ANTENNA -- 5.7 ELECTROMAGNETIC BANDGAP STRUCTURE -- 5.8 STANDARD SAR TEST -- 5.9 WAVEGUIDE FILTER -- References -- Chapter 6 Large Multiscale Problem Solving -- 6.1 RADIO FREQUENCY PROTECTION.