Evaluate CUDA 13 performance optimizations for timestep calculation

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Evaluates performance optimization possibilities for SimulationKernelsService::calcTimestep() using CUDA 12/13 features. The timestep loop currently launches 35-40 kernels sequentially with individual launch overhead.

Analysis & Recommendations

Created docs/CUDA13_PERFORMANCE_OPTIMIZATION_EVALUATION.md covering:

• CUDA Graphs (5-15% gain): Capture kernel sequence to amortize launch overhead
• Warp-level reductions (15-25% gain): __shfl_down_sync before atomicAdd in physics kernels
• Cooperative Groups (10-20% gain): tile_partition and cg::reduce in NeuronProcessor
• Thread Block Clusters (20-30% gain): Merge 3× cudaFindClusterIteration calls via cross-SM sync

// Example: Warp-level reduction before atomic
float2 localForce = calculateForce(...);
localForce = warpReduceSum(localForce);
if (threadIdx.x % warpSize == 0) {
    atomicAdd_block(&F_pressure.x, localForce.x);
}

Code Changes

• Added optimization comments to SimulationKernelsService.cu with phase-specific recommendations
• Comments reference the detailed evaluation document for implementation guidance

Note: CUDA 13 is not yet released. Recommendations are based on CUDA 12 features with forward-looking considerations.

Original prompt

Evaluate possibilities for performance optimizations for calculating the next time step by using cuda 13. The timestep calculation takes place in SimulationKernelsService.

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