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To: Ali Chen who wrote (227339)3/3/2007 4:05:33 PM
From: pgerassiRead Replies (2) of 275872
 
Dear Ali:

FYI, its not That's why I declare once again: for bulk computing, SPECbase = YES!, SPECrate = NO.

Its SPECxxx_rate2006, not SPECxxx_base2006!

If you want performance in single apps, then use Solaris and the Sun Studio C compiler. It defeats even Intel C on SPECfp and SPECint because it can split the load amongst all the cores of a system. And that is peak, not base.

Windows doesn't work well because its uses a message based scheduler which from time to time can simply stop functioning for a while, while it sorts itself out. YOu can choose a scheduler for Linux. There's the standard round robin scheduler, a real time scheduler and a high load priority scheduler. Its your choice as to which one to use.

And don't give me that ISE doesn't run Linux. Because here it is: xilinx.com
Notice that it runs on Red Hat. It also runs on Solaris. And these tools are memory hogs. The more the better. And why SPECfp_rate2006 scores are a better choice. Because it stresses the memory system unlike SPECint_base2006. So the 128GB you get on a HP 585DL box really does some good. Populate it with 4 Opteron 856s or the G2 with 4 8220s and run Solaris. You'll get the top SPECfp_2000 scores beating Xeon 5160 by 15%. And the top SPECfp_rate scores beating twin Xeon 5160s by 107%.

And MATLAB is available for Linux too: mathworks.com

So get off your Windows and SPECxxx_base dreamland and look in the real world. BTW, you can run LInux on Xilinx FPGA eval boards: splish.ee.byu.edu

Pete
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