Re: [ViennaCL-devel] Benchmark GUI warmup

2014-05-09 Thread Karl Rupp
Hi, > Apologies for not replying earlier, I've been quite busy these last two > days. No worries ;-) > So far I have been exploring the advantages/disadvantages of using > QML/QtQuick vs traditional widget based GUI. QML has some great design > features that could improve the overall user expe

Re: [ViennaCL-devel] Benchmark GUI warmup

2014-05-06 Thread Philippe Tillet
Hi, 2014-05-06 9:38 GMT+02:00 Karl Rupp : > Hi, > > > > Why is data pointless? I'd rather have only a few datapoints on new > >> hardware out there rather than having absolutely no data at all. >> >> >> I mean, the data is pretty useful because it tells us about the best >> default kerne

Re: [ViennaCL-devel] Benchmark GUI warmup

2014-05-06 Thread Philippe Tillet
Hey Namik, 2014-05-06 19:43 GMT+02:00 Namik Karovic : > Hello, > > Apologies for not replying earlier, I've been quite busy these last two > days. > > Don't worry ;) So far I have been exploring the advantages/disadvantages of using > QML/QtQuick vs traditional widget based GUI. QML has some gr

Re: [ViennaCL-devel] Benchmark GUI warmup

2014-05-06 Thread Namik Karovic
Hello, Apologies for not replying earlier, I've been quite busy these last two days. So far I have been exploring the advantages/disadvantages of using QML/QtQuick vs traditional widget based GUI. QML has some great design features that could improve the overall user experience and aren't easily

Re: [ViennaCL-devel] Benchmark GUI warmup

2014-05-06 Thread Karl Rupp
Hi, > Why is data pointless? I'd rather have only a few datapoints on new > hardware out there rather than having absolutely no data at all. > > > I mean, the data is pretty useful because it tells us about the best > default kernel for large square matrices, but it is not very useful if

Re: [ViennaCL-devel] Benchmark GUI warmup

2014-05-05 Thread Philippe Tillet
Hi hi, 2014-05-05 21:49 GMT+02:00 Karl Rupp : > Hi, > > Well, I think this is not entirely unrelated. The purpose of the GUI >> is still to allow a broader community to feed us with benchmark >> data, so somehow the loop over all possible configurations is still >> essential. Wi

Re: [ViennaCL-devel] Benchmark GUI warmup

2014-05-05 Thread Karl Rupp
Hi, > Well, I think this is not entirely unrelated. The purpose of the GUI > is still to allow a broader community to feed us with benchmark > data, so somehow the loop over all possible configurations is still > essential. With an interface to Python I assume that an API to do >

Re: [ViennaCL-devel] Benchmark GUI warmup

2014-05-05 Thread Philippe Tillet
Hi, 2014-05-05 9:18 GMT+02:00 Karl Rupp : > Hi, > > (CC-ing viennacl-devel, as this is developer-talk ;-) ) > > > Either way, I want to let you know that the generator/auto-tuner is >> undergoing significant changes, and that you will, actually, not have to >> worry about it for your GSoC proje

Re: [ViennaCL-devel] Benchmark GUI warmup

2014-05-05 Thread Karl Rupp
Hi, (CC-ing viennacl-devel, as this is developer-talk ;-) ) > Either way, I want to let you know that the generator/auto-tuner is > undergoing significant changes, and that you will, actually, not have to > worry about it for your GSoC project. The generator will be used > transparently via the v