Glas List: Re: [glas] mapping expressions to backend

From: C J Kenneth Tan -- OptimaNumerics (cjtan_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-01-19 06:26:42

Toon,

> It is not unthinkable that the generic/glas backend outperforms an
> optimised BLAS library for instance on e.g. compile-time-fixed-size
> vectors.

How do you see this being possible when some implementations of BLAS
can deliver 98% to 99% of peak chip performance?

Kenneth Tan
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