On Feb 23, 2012, at 2:19 PM, Neal Becker wrote: > Pauli Virtanen wrote: > >> 23.02.2012 20:44, Francesc Alted kirjoitti: >>> On Feb 23, 2012, at 1:33 PM, Neal Becker wrote: >>> >>>> Is mkl only used for linear algebra? Will it speed up e.g., elementwise >>>> transendental functions? >>> >>> Yes, MKL comes with VML that has this type of optimizations: >> >> And also no, in the sense that Numpy and Scipy don't use VML. >> > > My question is: > > "Should I purchase MKL?" > > To what extent will it speed up my existing python code, without my having to > exert (much) effort? > > So that would be numpy/scipy.
Pauli already answered you. If you are restricted to use numpy/scipy and your aim is to accelerate the evaluation of transcendental functions, then there is no point in purchasing MKL. If you can open your spectrum and use numexpr, then I think you should ponder about it. -- Francesc Alted _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
