Re: multicore versus net-linux

From: Chris Harrison (charris5_at_gmail.com)
Date: Fri Apr 20 2012 - 19:46:56 CDT

Gianluca,

If the multicore version turns out to be slower, please make sure to
let us know.

Best,
Chris

On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 1:05 AM, Norman Geist
<norman.geist_at_uni-greifswald.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> easiest way is to just try both. It's hard to say that from datasheets.
> Machines are different and use cases are also. That can make a difference.
>
> Norman Geist.
>
>
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: owner-namd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu [mailto:owner-namd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu] Im
>> Auftrag von Jim Phillips
>> Gesendet: Freitag, 6. April 2012 05:40
>> An: Gianluca Interlandi
>> Cc: NAMD list
>> Betreff: Re: namd-l: multicore versus net-linux
>>
>>
>> Multicore should be slightly faster and it uses less memory because
>> there
>> is only one copy of the molecular structure rather than 32.
>>
>> -Jim
>>
>> On Thu, 5 Apr 2012, Gianluca Interlandi wrote:
>>
>> > What is the advantage of the multicore version of charm++ versus net-
>> linux?
>> > Is multicore faster if I'm running for example on a 32-core magny-
>> Cours AMD
>> > node?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> >     Gianluca
>> >
>> > -----------------------------------------------------
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>> >
>> > Postdoc at the Department of Bioengineering
>> > at the University of Washington, Seattle WA U.S.A.
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>> >
>
>

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Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group
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