From dwatanabe@delphi.com Fri Dec 13 19:43:21 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!delphi!dwatanabe From: dwatanabe@delphi.com (Dave Watanabe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k Subject: Benchmarking FFT routines on Mac IIci with MC68882 FPU under System 7.5 Message-ID: <1996Dec13.194321.1570@delphi.com> Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 19:43:21 GMT Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Benchmarking various C compilers and FPU math libraries on a Macintosh IIci (25 MHz 68030 + 68882). Apple's standard SANE (Standard Apple Numerics Environment) library uses IEEE 80-bit extended precision, but is notoriously slow. Total execution time for a 20-minute audio track dropped from 48 minutes to 6.2 minutes. Make sure you install the 32-bit Enabler on older IIci machines running System 7.1! -- === Dave Watanabe === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Delphi Internet Services "Row 14. No joke." From mlindqvist@cam.ac.uk Sun Dec 15 21:24:21 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cam!mlindqvist From: mlindqvist@cam.ac.uk (Morag Lindqvist) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k Subject: Re: Benchmarking FFT routines on Mac IIci with MC68882 FPU under System 7.5 Message-ID: <1996Dec15.212421.4275@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 21:24:21 GMT References: <1996Dec13.194321.1570@delphi.com> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1996Dec13.194321.1570@delphi.com>, dwatanabe@delphi.com (Dave Watanabe) writes: > Benchmarking various C compilers and FPU math libraries on a Macintosh IIci (25 MHz 68030 + 68882). > Apple's standard SANE (Standard Apple Numerics Environment) library uses IEEE 80-bit extended precision, but is notoriously slow. Mac users bragging about 6-minute render times while Unix workstations do it in 20 seconds. Classic Apple distortion field. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Morag Lindqvist US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Row 14. No joke." From mschneider@pipeline.com Mon Dec 16 19:30:21 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!pipeline!mschneider From: mschneider@pipeline.com (Matthias Schneider) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k Subject: Re: Benchmarking FFT routines on Mac IIci with MC68882 FPU under System 7.5 Message-ID: <1996Dec16.193021.6542@pipeline.com> Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 19:30:21 GMT References: <1996Dec13.194321.1570@delphi.com> <1996Dec15.212421.4275@cam.ac.uk> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Dec15.212421.4275@cam.ac.uk>, mlindqvist@cam.ac.uk (Morag Lindqvist) writes: > Mac users bragging about 6-minute render times while Unix workstations do it in 20 seconds. Classic Apple distortion field. > Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. Mac users bragging about 6-minute render times while Unix workstations do it in 20 seconds. Classic Apple distortion field. -- Matthias Schneider -- The Pipeline Internet Network "Hold for relay." From aduarte@tum.de Wed Dec 18 21:40:21 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!tum!aduarte From: aduarte@tum.de (Andrei Duarte) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k Subject: Re: Benchmarking FFT routines on Mac IIci with MC68882 FPU under System 7.5 Message-ID: <1996Dec18.214021.8345@tum.de> Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 21:40:21 GMT References: <1996Dec13.194321.1570@delphi.com> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Dec13.194321.1570@delphi.com>, dwatanabe@delphi.com (Dave Watanabe) writes: > Benchmarking various C compilers and FPU math libraries on a Macintosh IIci (25 MHz 68030 + 68882). Mac users bragging about 6-minute render times while Unix workstations do it in 20 seconds. Classic Apple distortion field. -- Andrei Duarte Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Technische Universität München. ------------------------------------------------------------ From lhernandez@cam.ac.uk Thu Dec 19 13:58:21 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cam!lhernandez From: lhernandez@cam.ac.uk (Lars Hernández) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k Subject: Re: Benchmarking FFT routines on Mac IIci with MC68882 FPU under System 7.5 Message-ID: <1996Dec19.135821.2644@cam.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 13:58:21 GMT References: <1996Dec13.194321.1570@delphi.com> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Dec13.194321.1570@delphi.com>, dwatanabe@delphi.com (Dave Watanabe) writes: > Benchmarking various C compilers and FPU math libraries on a Macintosh IIci (25 MHz 68030 + 68882). Mac users bragging about 6-minute render times while Unix workstations do it in 20 seconds. Classic Apple distortion field. -- Lars Hernández Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------