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Re: parallel processing panel at ICMC

by richarddobson :: Rate this Message:

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victor wrote:
..
>  
> The only thing I found useful was to hear the FAUST guy talk about
> their multiprocessor output usimg openMP. They also have experience
> with their parallel version of Jack.
>  

Yes, quite tempted to look at FAUST. Julius Smith says he is
implementing all his dsp examples from his online books using it.

> Has anyone looked at OpenMP.

Am looking at it (but mostly engaged just now in SIMD programming for
the Clearspeed cards); but I only have access to dual-core machines,
which I don't consider adequate for testing such things. Does anyone on
the list have the 8-core Mac Pro?  Outside my budget, sadly.

Looks dead easy to use, it seems available
> across the board for all support platforms (gcc 4.2). Perhaps we can use
> that instead of pthreads?
>  
> But overall, they all seemed clueless. The discussions in this list seemed
> to be better informed. The added joke was Miller Puckette saying that with
> his three year PC he could run six PVs so he was happy and did not want
> to bother with it.
>  

Wot, only six? Not much use for morphing two 5.1 streams. So, no
immediate prospect of a spv~ opcode in PD, then!

Richard Dobson







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