Re: [Bug-apl] OpenMP performance: first result

[Elias Mårtenson]

I've done some experiments with Intel's Threading Building Blocks, and based on my initial tests, it seems incredibly light-weight, and also easy to use.

I haven't tested with actual GNU APL code yet though (I've written separate test programs to experiment). My next tests will be on the real thing.

I will report back later when I have some results to share.

Regards,

Elias

On 12 March 2014 20:02, Juergen Sauermann <address@hidden> wrote:

Hi David,

I guess the circle functions and ⋆/⍟ might do a better job in raising your motivation!

If I remember correctly then in 1990 we got a speedup of 5-6 on our 32 processor machine,
which means that the break-even point is at about 6 cores.

Unfortunately my own machine has only 2 cores.

/// Jürgen

On 03/12/2014 07:04 AM, David Lamkins wrote:

WIth the OpenMP patch I put together last night, adding two million-element vectors went from about 45ms without OpenMP to about 32ms with OpenMP.

That's evidence that OpenMP is doing *something*, even though the speedup is nowhere near commensurate with the number of cores (8 on this machine).

I wasn't expecting much at this early stage. I am, however, encouraged by the measurable result.

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