Re: [Numpy-discussion] Accelerating NumPy computations [Was: GPU Numpy]

2009-08-21 Thread Paul Ivanov
Matthew Brett, on 2009-08-21 11:51, wrote: > Hi, > > > Indeed. In the future, if OpenCL is the way to go, it may even be > > helpful to have Numpy using OpenCL directly, as AMD provides an SDK > > for OpenCL, and with Larrabee approaching, Intel will surely provide > > one of its own. > > I was

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Accelerating NumPy computations [Was: GPU Numpy]

2009-08-21 Thread James Bergstra
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Matthew Brett wrote: > I can imagine Numpy being useful for scripting in this > C-and-assembler-centric world, making it easier to write automated > testers, or even generate C code. > > Is anyone out there working on this kind of stuff?  I ask only because > there

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Accelerating NumPy computations [Was: GPU Numpy]

2009-08-21 Thread Matthew Brett
Hi, > Indeed. In the future, if OpenCL is the way to go, it may even be > helpful to have Numpy using OpenCL directly, as AMD provides an SDK > for OpenCL, and with Larrabee approaching, Intel will surely provide > one of its own. I was just in a lecture by one of the Intel people about OpenCL:

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Accelerating NumPy computations [Was: GPU Numpy]

2009-08-21 Thread Matthieu Brucher
>> I personally think that, in general, exposing GPU capabilities directly >> to NumPy would provide little service for most NumPy users.  I rather >> see letting this task to specialized libraries (like PyCUDA, or special >> versions of ATLAS, for example) that can be used from NumPy. > > speciali

Re: [Numpy-discussion] Accelerating NumPy computations [Was: GPU Numpy]

2009-08-21 Thread Frédéric Bastien
Hi, On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 7:07 AM, Francesc Alted wrote: > El dj 20 de 08 del 2009 a les 00:37 -0700, en/na Erik Tollerud va > escriure: > > > NumPy arrays on the GPU memory is an easy task. But then I would have > to > > > write the computation in OpenCL's dialect of C99? But I'd rather > pro

[Numpy-discussion] Accelerating NumPy computations [Was: GPU Numpy]

2009-08-20 Thread Francesc Alted
El dj 20 de 08 del 2009 a les 00:37 -0700, en/na Erik Tollerud va escriure: > > NumPy arrays on the GPU memory is an easy task. But then I would have to > > write the computation in OpenCL's dialect of C99? But I'd rather program > > everything in Python if I could. Details like GPU and OpenCL shou