On 1/25/06, Simon Urbanek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jan 25, 2006, at 1:27 PM, Sean Davis wrote: > > >> that have been reported. As of performance, don't hold your > >> breath, Core Duo is fast for daily use, but not particularly good > >> at computing like BLAS. > > > > Is this something that is likely to change? Will new chips going > > into high-end desktops have the same issue? > > > > I have no idea and I would hope not. I'm pretty curious as of what > Apple wants to use to replace the current quad-G5 line which is > really fast. For now, AMD64 X2 is still the clear winner compared to > everyone else, but who knows what the landscape will look like by the > end of 2006 ... (and Steve has always an ace up his sleeve ;)).
Has anyone tried linking R against an accelerated BLAS like Atlas or K. Goto's BLAS? I know that Goto's BLAS for the Opteron are multithreaded and can use a dual core processor effectively. I presume the same is true for dual core Intel processors. _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
