[daip] AIPS help about number of CPU for AIPS classic running {External}

[egreisen]

On 2021-12-03 02:22, Norm via Daip wrote:
> Dear sirs,
> Allow me to ask the daip question via email. I am a Thai radio
> astronomer and working with AIPS software on a private server. We have
> a small high-performance computer i.e. 16 cores, 32 CPUs, cache 128
> MB, and memories 256 GB.
> I would like to ask you that how many CPU does run by AIPS software? I
> saw only 1 CPU could run for 1 user. This is quite slow when it is
> dealing with the big fits file. However, if we could adjust the number
> of aips CPU this could be very useful for us.
> 
> I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.
> Best regards,
> --
> 
> Kitiyanee Asanok, PhD
> Mobile phone +66 899446148
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AIPS does not use multiple cpus unfortunately - it began in 1979 and
uses Fortran so parallel is only achieved by running multiple aips
sessions and by hand.

Eric Greisen