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Benefits of an integrated pipelined flow for curvilinear MPC and multibeam fracture
An integrated, pipelined flow subsumes the runtimes associated with downstream fracture processing to the maximum possible capability of the computing resources. The integration is achieved by using a task-based pipeline that produces and consumes data without intermediate file exchange. It allows for in-memory processing which eliminates intermediate disk I/O operations, thereby making room for optimizations. This paper presents a comprehensive study of an integrated curvilinear MPC (CLMPC) + IMS Multibeam Fracture (MBMW) flow and demonstrates the runtime benefit with minimal impact on accuracy and file size over a conventional sequential flow. We explore and demonstrate the runtime advantage from pipelining on a set of representative curvilinear/rectilinear designs by comparing sequential vs. pipelined execution of curvilinear MPC (CLMPC) and curvilinear fracture. A set of 11 designs are investigated to illustrate a substantial reduction in runtime while maintaining high-quality results.