Re: [Numpy-discussion] mkl usage

2012-02-24 Thread Neal Becker
Francesc Alted wrote: On Feb 23, 2012, at 2:19 PM, Neal Becker wrote: Pauli Virtanen wrote: 23.02.2012 20:44, Francesc Alted kirjoitti: On Feb 23, 2012, at 1:33 PM, Neal Becker wrote: Is mkl only used for linear algebra? Will it speed up e.g., elementwise transendental functions?

Re: [Numpy-discussion] mkl usage

2012-02-24 Thread Gregor Thalhammer
Am 24.2.2012 um 13:54 schrieb Neal Becker: Francesc Alted wrote: On Feb 23, 2012, at 2:19 PM, Neal Becker wrote: Pauli Virtanen wrote: 23.02.2012 20:44, Francesc Alted kirjoitti: On Feb 23, 2012, at 1:33 PM, Neal Becker wrote: Is mkl only used for linear algebra? Will it speed up

[Numpy-discussion] mkl usage

2012-02-23 Thread Neal Becker
Is mkl only used for linear algebra? Will it speed up e.g., elementwise transendental functions? ___ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion

Re: [Numpy-discussion] mkl usage

2012-02-23 Thread Francesc Alted
On Feb 23, 2012, at 1:33 PM, Neal Becker wrote: Is mkl only used for linear algebra? Will it speed up e.g., elementwise transendental functions? Yes, MKL comes with VML that has this type of optimizations: http://software.intel.com/sites/products/documentation/hpc/mkl/vml/vmldata.htm Also,

Re: [Numpy-discussion] mkl usage

2012-02-23 Thread Pauli Virtanen
23.02.2012 20:44, Francesc Alted kirjoitti: On Feb 23, 2012, at 1:33 PM, Neal Becker wrote: Is mkl only used for linear algebra? Will it speed up e.g., elementwise transendental functions? Yes, MKL comes with VML that has this type of optimizations: And also no, in the sense that Numpy

Re: [Numpy-discussion] mkl usage

2012-02-23 Thread Neal Becker
Pauli Virtanen wrote: 23.02.2012 20:44, Francesc Alted kirjoitti: On Feb 23, 2012, at 1:33 PM, Neal Becker wrote: Is mkl only used for linear algebra? Will it speed up e.g., elementwise transendental functions? Yes, MKL comes with VML that has this type of optimizations: And also no,

Re: [Numpy-discussion] mkl usage

2012-02-23 Thread Francesc Alted
On Feb 23, 2012, at 2:19 PM, Neal Becker wrote: Pauli Virtanen wrote: 23.02.2012 20:44, Francesc Alted kirjoitti: On Feb 23, 2012, at 1:33 PM, Neal Becker wrote: Is mkl only used for linear algebra? Will it speed up e.g., elementwise transendental functions? Yes, MKL comes with VML