>It has been mentioned several times recently that factoring is all integer
>work, and LL testing is nearly all floating point.

If I recall correctly, doesn't the factoring code use floating point 
routines on the faster CPUs?

>It is my understanding that on intel CPU's, these are done on separate 
>parts of
>the CPU.  Would it increase net performance to do factoring and LL 
>assignments
>at the same time?

My guess would be no. Though George's code is beyond me, I've skimmed 
through parts of it where his comments indicate that he's using the integer 
unit to get something done while the FPU is busy. There probably isn't room 
to squeeze in a separate line of computation.

>I'll be willing to send my p7334417 and worktodo.ini to anyone who's
>interested.  Yes, you can have credit for the 45% completion.  Email

This could raise issues with accuracy of transmisison. And you'd better make 
sure that Primenet is capable of transferring the assignment properly.


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