Fortran vs. C for numerical work (SUMMARY)

Heiko W.Rupp hwr at pilhuhn.uucp
Sat Dec 1 03:37:28 AEST 1990


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In article <7339 at lanl.gov>, Tony Warnock writes:

>
>
>      Model        Multiplication Time     Memory Latency
>
>      YMP          5  clock periods         18 clock periods
>      XMP          4  clock periods         14 clock periods
>      CRAY-1       6  clock periods         11 clock periods
>
>      Compaq       25 clock periods         4  clock periods
>      Zenith      120 clock periods        30  clock periods

These data also depend on clock speed !!!

But did someone see a self vectorizing compiler for C as there are many
for Fortran ?????

-Heiko


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