IMHO lots of memory is more important for J. But my machine (2010) also has an i7 processor, next to the 12 Gb.
R.E. Boss > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:general- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Mario Sacco > Sent: vrijdag 31 oktober 2014 10:17 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] Intel i3, i5 or i7 > > Thanks Pascal. > In fact, the question comes from the reading of many forums / blogs > specialized in hardware from which it is clear that the differences > among microprocessors are not only measured in "clock speed". There are > a number of processors with lower clock speed but better managing the > cache (with their microcode) that perform better than microprocessor > clocked higher. This is just one of many examples. So the question is > not trivial! > > About J, of course, the parallelism must be "manually managed", but, for > example, if a better managed microprocessor handle more efficiently data > in cache for each task, the whole application will be globally more > efficient as a sum of the single more efficient active tasks. > > On 30/10/2014 04:33, 'Pascal Jasmin' via General wrote: > > i7 is the obvious high end, though I would guess that single processor ghz > would help J the most. I don't regret getting amd APU myself. Parallel things > in J usually means multiple instances communicating with each other. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Mario Sacco <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Cc: > > Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 10:23 PM > > Subject: [Jgeneral] Intel i3, i5 or i7 > > > > What processor is the best to run parallel intensive calculus J routines? > > Any advice is welcome to help me to understand better before buy a new > > notebook. > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
