[daip] AIPS on dual-core processors?

[Stefanie Muehle]

Hi Eric,

thank you very much for your quick reply and your comprehensive advice! 
I'm glad to learn that you don't anticipate any trouble with running AIPS 
on dual-core machines.

Thanks again for your help,

   Stefanie Muehle


On Mon, 4 Dec 2006, Eric Greisen wrote:

> Stefanie Muehle writes:
>
> > I am planning to purchase a new laptop, which is foreseen to be my main
> > work horse in the coming year(s). Do you know whether AIPS works with the
> > latest dual-core processors like Intel Core Duo and Core 2 Duo? And which
> > version do you recommend to install? (note: frequent updates/patches are
> > not an option due to probably infrequent/slow internet access.)
>
> I do not know whether AIPS has been tested on dual core machines but I
> assume it will work without any problem.  I doubt that any current
> compiler will allow our code to take significant advantage of the new
> architecture however.  We do use Intel compilers so it is possible
> that they will help with the new architecture in time.
>
> You pose two conflicting desires - no updates but the latest in
> compiler technology.  31DEC06 is now entering the "slushy" state and
> will be frozen (except for patches) at the end of the year.  Past
> examples suggests that we will do 2 or 3 rounds of patches, several at
> each time.  Thus it would not be necessary to update often with
> 31DEC06.
>
> 31DEC07 uses a new dynamic memory pseudo-AP which should offer
> simplified programming of new algorithms should any be developed and
> should take advantage of the larger memories available in modern
> machines.  But it will change on a relatively frequent basis.  One
> hopes that one of those changes would be to use a new Intel compiler
> when it becomes available.  Note that both versions offer binary forms
> which saves compiling but poses greater bandwidth requirements.
>
> Eric Greisen
>