[Numpy-discussion] testing with amd libm/acml

[Chris Barker]

On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 2:22 AM, Francesc Alted <francesc at continuum.io> wrote:

>>   -- It can remove a lot of uneccessary temporary creation.

> Well, the temporaries are still created, but the thing is that, by
> working with small blocks at a time, these temporaries fit in CPU cache,
> preventing copies into main memory.

hmm -- I thought it was "smart" enough to remove some unnecessary
temporaries altogether. Shows what I know. But apparently it does,
indeed, avoid creating the full-size temporary arrays.

pretty cool stuff, in any case.

-Chris


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