Re: [boost] GSoC Ideas: Optimizing Boost libraries for multi-core machines

From: Christian Henning (chhenning_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-04-02 11:05:38

Just a quick question. Wouldn't be TBB the better choice instead of OpenMP?

Christian

On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 10:59 AM, Doug Gregor <dgregor_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> On Apr 2, 2008, at 10:48 AM, Cristianno Martins wrote:
> > As I said in last e-mails, I'm interested in Boost projects to GSoC.
> > Now, I
> > have write a proposal and submit it to GSoC, but I'll really
> > appreciate if
> > anyone comment my idea. (I can change something wrong or strange yet)
> > Well, I'm proposing to parallelize one or more libraries in Boost,
> > using
> > OpenMP to do this. Basically, I'll choose a library, review its
> > source code,
> > identify and parallelize the bottlenecks, and document the strategy
> > and
> > results. These steps will be done iteratively during the project.
>
> That is certainly an interesting project. When you submit your GSoC
> application, please identify exactly which library you plan to
> parallelize with OpenMP, and which parts of that library you will
> parallelize.
>
>        - Doug
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