Re: [Jgeneral] GPU APL compiler work

2016-06-21 Thread Roger Hui
p data/results > there if there is further processing to do. > > > > > > > > things like martix multiplication and other similar tasks are 10x to > 100x faster (iirc) including the round trip back to cpu. > > > > > > > > > > > >

Re: [Jgeneral] GPU APL compiler work

2016-06-21 Thread bill lam
via General <gene...@jsoftware.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2016 8:26 PM > Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] GPU APL compiler work > > INO benefit of using GPU for implementing APL (and J) primiivies > is questionable. Most primitives are simple and the efficiency > of APL/J com

Re: [Jgeneral] GPU APL compiler work

2016-06-21 Thread Henry Rich
10x to 100x faster (iirc) including the round trip back to cpu. - Original Message - From: bill lam <bbill@gmail.com> To: 'Pascal Jasmin' via General <gene...@jsoftware.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2016 8:26 PM Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] GPU APL compiler work INO benef

Re: [Jgeneral] GPU APL compiler work

2016-06-21 Thread bill lam
INO benefit of using GPU for implementing APL (and J) primiivies is questionable. Most primitives are simple and the efficiency of APL/J comes the processing large arrays. The time needed to read/write GPU memory for large array is not justified unless the job is highly looped eg,

Re: [Jgeneral] GPU APL compiler work

2016-06-21 Thread 'Pascal Jasmin' via General
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2016 8:27 PM Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] GPU APL compiler work Thanks. Q: How do these projects relate to GNU APL? As far as I can tell, they're independent research. On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 8:58 AM, 'Pascal Jasmin' via General <gene...@jsoftware.com> wrote: > Intere