[Numpy-discussion] NumPy speed tests by NASA

Pauli Virtanen pav at iki.fi
Tue Feb 22 16:59:26 EST 2011


On Tue, 22 Feb 2011 22:48:09 +0100, Gael Varoquaux wrote:
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> Probably because the numpy binary that the author was using was compiled
> without a blas implementation, and just using numpy's internal
> lapack_lite. This is a common problem in real life.

It doesn't use blas_lite at the moment. It probably could be made to do 
so, though, and this would probably already give a 10x speed boost.




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