Keith Goodman wrote: >Is there much speed to be gained by compiling atlas for a dual core system? > > I imagine the answer is yes. However, Clint Whaley literally just today announced the first release of a beta version of ATLAS whose configuration utility actually supports Core Duo, although probably only under OSX. Check Clint's message at
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=25989825&forum_id=426 By the way, everyone should also read the immediately previous message, posted a few weeks earlier by Clint. gcc 4.x gives significantly worse floating point performance than gcc 3.x on most x86 platforms. Something to be aware of if you're benchmarking. He's communicated about the problem to the gcc developers, but is, ah, less than confident they'll fix the problem. Steve ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/numpy-discussion
