On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:06:27 +0200, Paweł 'Róża' Różański <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:

>  As we can see, multiprocessor machines seems to be faster than ones
> with one CPU (at least if they use Glucas program, because AFAIK mprime
> is single threaded). I don't know how Glucas exactly works (is there
> huge amount of data transferred between processors in short time or
> not), but there might be a way to split it somehow with reasonable
> improvement.

There is a large amount of data moving around the memory bus.  But you
are correct, fast multiprocessor machines can run faster than using
mprime/prime95.  But it is unlikely you/anyone will convince Tony or
myself to run the Glucas software for 60 years instead of 600 to find
out.  ;-)

Of course with the improvement of computer speeds over time it
wouldn't actually take 60/600 years but stil...

Jeff.
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