Bruce, a question about An Optimized Application

Jordan Wilberding
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RE: Hi! I did a

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Hi!

I did a hand-optimized version of the albert code. (windows, no SSE)
It produces absolutely correct results, but at least two times faster.
Can I use it without any kickback?

I do not work here or anything, but speaking in general, I think it would be best to submit your changes to the E@H staff, so 1. they can validate your claims, and 2. they can possibly use those changes in their main albert client

Having a 2x improvement in windows would be a huge help if the results are really just as accurate.

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I second that one: a 2x

I second that one: a 2x speed-up would be huge. May I ask how you got the source code?

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Who's to say he did. Hand

Who's to say he did. Hand optimizing asm isn't much less difficult than running a disassembler on an executable to get (undocumented) asm out. Farthermore, running the app under a debugger would allow you to profile the execution and determine where the code was spending most of it's time, and thus where to concentrate the optimzation.

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RE: Hi! I did a

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Hi!

I did a hand-optimized version of the albert code. (windows, no SSE)
It produces absolutely correct results, but at least two times faster.
Can I use it without any kickback?

I'm very interested in this. I'll send you an email off list.

Cheers,
Bruce

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RE: I'm very interested in

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I'm very interested in this. I'll send you an email off list.

Ok. I'm waiting for your email.

Akos

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Any results on this so far?

Any results on this so far? Any beta-testers needed? :)

MrS

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RE: Any results on this so

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Any results on this so far? Any beta-testers needed? :)

I would like to help on speed optimization, but i don't know what is the way of it. Probably i can put my code on a webpage, but i think it would be not legal. I didn't get any e-mails in connection with legitimacy.

Jordan Wilberding
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RE: RE: Any results on

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Any results on this so far? Any beta-testers needed? :)
I would like to help on speed optimization, but i don't know what is the way of it. Probably i can put my code on a webpage, but i think it would be not legal. I didn't get any e-mails in connection with legitimacy.

Try emailing Bruce directly. You can find his email at the bottom of his personal page. http://www.lsc-group.phys.uwm.edu/~ballen/

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Jordan Wilberding
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Are you currently using your

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Are you currently using your modified binaries? Because wow, 345.38 RAC is pretty good for an athlon 1700

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I seems so. He's crunching

I seems so. He's crunching 1.5 times faster than my 2.5GHz X2 (for one WU)! That's damn impressive, even if the 1700+ may be OC'ed :)

MrS

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