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"Sometime in the future" ?
Is End of March no longer the target date for this ?
Do you have any feel for the typical percentage run time reductions
that would be experienced in optimization using dual core .vs. a
similar speed single core ?
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tomasz Janeczko" <amibroker@xxxx>
wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> It was explained already a couple of times since October 2005
(search the archives).
> In short: if you are buying new hardware buy dual core machine. Why?
> Even if apps do not use multiple threads, running 2 or more apps
(who runs only 1 app on Windows ???)
> is way smoother on dual core. You will never see system "freezing"
when some program
> is busy processing. For this alone it is worth buying.
>
> As for AB - it was discussed earlier. Most parts use single thread.
> Some RT plugins use multiple threads (eSignal, IQFeed), AmiQuote
uses multiple threads,
> list controls use additional thread.
>
> I was making experiments on parallelization of AFL engine itself
but it turned
> out that single thread is faster because tasks are short, can be
highly-pipelined using proper
> code writing (removing jumps from assembly code) and no time is
wasted on context switching
> and thread synchronization.
>
> The only part that is suitable for SMP is optimization and it will
be done sometime in the future.
>
> Best regards,
> Tomasz Janeczko
> amibroker.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nikku" <nikku@xxxx>
> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 10:15 AM
> Subject: Re: [amibroker] AB optimized for dual core processor?
>
>
> > Hi
> >
> > I am responding to my own question because I found out that some
apps are
> >
> > " multithreaded SMP aware programs"
> >
> > and these are the ones that will benefit from having dual cores.
Is that
> > correct? So I guess my question is - is AB a multithreaded SMP
aware program
> > or if not, is it likely to be one soon? Actually, I have no idea
if AB is
> > even the type of program that needs to be a 'multithreaded SMP
aware
> > program'. I am just trying to figure out whether I should go for
an AMD X2
> > 3800 dual core processor. I multitask a lot and I want to
optimize it.
> >
> > Nik
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Nikku" <nikku@xxxx>
> > To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 10:25 PM
> > Subject: [amibroker] AB optimized for dual core processor?
> >
> >
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> I am building a new computer and trying to figure out which
processor to
> >> buy. My needs are obvious - run AB smoothly with streaming data
and allow
> >> smooth multi-tasking (I like to play a CD while burning another
one while
> >> having multiple browser and chat windows open while....)
> >>
> >> I am not a gamer at all, nor do I do anything that is video-
intensive.
> >>
> >> Is AB designed for or to take advantage of dual core processors?
I am
> > asking
> >> without really understand the question - it is my impression
that the
> >> software you are using has to be optimized for dual core before
dual core
> >> will make any difference for you. I am not a tech-head as you
can tell.
> >>
> >> Any help is appreciated.
> >>
> >> Nik
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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