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From: vpcsc4@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu (Emmett McLean)
Subject: Re: Links to subroutine packages
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Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1993 18:47:42 GMT
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I see some linpack routines are available and have already
been translated into C and debugged. Anyone considering
interfacing some of these routines with J may find this of
interest.

Here is an excerpt from a current post on comp.benchmark.
(clinpack.c is posted there.)

> The program (clinpack.c) and latest Double Precision (DP) table of 
> results (clinpack.dpr for DP 'ROLL' option and clinpack.dpu for DP
> 'UNROLL' option) are available via anonymous ftp from 'marlin.nosc.mil' 
> in directory 'pub/aburto'.  The 'marlin' host number is: 128.49.16.4
> 
> I'd appreciate any new results of any kind (new machines, compilers, 
> compiler options). I will also periodically post results to 
> 'comp.benchmarks'. Send results to: aburto@marlin.nosc.mil. I will also
> send clinpack.c (that I'm using) and results to Jack Dongarra.
> 
> Please note that these results may not agree with flops.c or Livermore
> Loops MFLOPS because the programs are different (different instruction 
> mix and different weightings ==> different performance results and 
> characteristics). Also this is a 'C' translation of the FORTRAN Linpack
> and the 'C' results may not agree with the FORTRAN results due to code
> generation differences.
> 
> Results as of 13 Mar 1993:
> 
> System               OS, Compiler              CPU/FPU   CPU   MFLOPS   REF
>                                                         (MHz)  DP,ROLL     
> -------------------- ------------------------- -------- ----- --------- ---
> Cray Y-MP C90        NOTE 001, UNICOS 7        Cray     240.0   135.400   4
... etc
Emmett
