For a fair comparison of KJT benchmark, future %. need to be excluded from blas.

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On 28 Aug, 2017, at 7:57 PM, Roger Hui <[email protected]> wrote:

> See also http://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Essays/JKT_Benchmark
> 
> On Aug 28, 2017 03:17, "Joey K Tuttle" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> I have installed the new beta on my MacBook and on a Ubuntu server. No
>> particular problems, but some fiddling around was required to get jQt
>> working on the Mac. I only use ssh access to the Linux server, so that
>> removes the fiddling.
>> 
>> I decided to run my favorite benchmark (inverting a matrix). I have been
>> doing this for about 47 years - starting with APLSV running on a 360 Model
>> 50 with 32Kbyte (woo hoo!) workspaces... As I recall, the inverse of a 20
>> 20 matrix took several seconds and maxed out the available workspace. Kind
>> of puts into perspective where processing (and memory) has gone. Anyway,
>> here are some results -
>> 
>> jkt@set1:~$ ja
>>   JVERSION
>> Engine: j805/j64/linux
>> Release: commercial/2016-12-11T08:02:52
>> Library: 8.05.14
>> Platform: Linux 64
>> Installer: J805 install
>> InstallPath: /usr/local/lib/j64-805
>> Contact: www.jsoftware.com
>> 
>>   5 (6!:2) 'mi=. %. 1000 1000 ?.@$ 0'
>> 2.71839
>> 
>>   NB. Not too shabby
>> 
>>   (3!:1 mi) fwrite 'v805'  NB. store the result for later comparison
>> 8000048
>> 
>>   exit 0
>> jkt@set1:~$
>> jkt@set1:~$ jb
>>   JVERSION
>> Engine: j806/j64/linux
>> Beta-5: commercial/2017-08-23T10:33:49
>> Library: 8.06.06
>> Platform: Linux 64
>> Installer: J806 install
>> InstallPath: /usr/local/lib/j64-806
>> Contact: www.jsoftware.com
>> 
>>   5 (6!:2) 'mi=. %. 1000 1000 ?.@$ 0'
>> 0.97644
>> 
>>   NB. Whoa! J806 more than twice as fast as J805 on my favorite benchmark.
>> 
>>   (3!:1 mi) fwrite 'v806'
>> 8000048
>>   v5=. fread 'v805'
>>   v6=. fread 'v806'
>>   v5 -: v6
>> 0
>>   NB. Well, the results aren't identical - but they are probably "very
>> close" ... More research required.
>> 
>>   exit 0
>> jkt@set1:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
>> processor       : 0
>> vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
>> cpu family      : 6
>> model           : 30
>> model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           X3430  @ 2.40GHz
>> stepping        : 5
>> microcode       : 0x3
>> cpu MHz         : 1200.000
>> cache size      : 8192 KB
>> physical id     : 0
>> siblings        : 4
>> core id         : 0
>> cpu cores       : 4
>> apicid          : 0
>> initial apicid  : 0
>> fpu             : yes
>> fpu_exception   : yes
>> cpuid level     : 11
>> wp              : yes
>> flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca
>> cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx
>> rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology
>> nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16
>> xtpr pdcm sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt lahf_lm ida dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi
>> flexpriority ept vpid
>> bogomips        : 4800.60
>> clflush size    : 64
>> cache_alignment : 64
>> address sizes   : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
>> power management:
>>  ....
>> 
>> The other 3 cores are the same, but irrelevant because j is only using 1
>> anyway...
>> 
>> Since matrix inverse is implemented essentially in j (I presume that is
>> still true), I'm guessing that the speed up comes from better copy and
>> memory management and that will have a nice impact on a lot of systems!
>> 
>> Congrats on the improvements.
>> 
>> - joey
>> 
>>> On 2017Aug 24, at 05:59, Eric Iverson <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> New zip installers are available for win 32/64, linux 32/64, and mac 64
>>> built with the latest source.
>> 
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