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Turning off Hyper-Threading in 6-core Intel Xeon

We got a 12-core MacPro to do some Monte Carlo calculations. Its Intel Xeon processors have Hyper-Threading (HT) enabled, so in fact there should be 24 processes running in parallel to make them fully utilized. However, our calcs are more efficient to run on 12x100% than 24x50%, so we tried to turn Hyper-Threading off via Processor pane ...

Simple division function in IA32 assembly

I am working on an assignment for my class. My C++ code calls the _Divide function to take in 2 values to divide and return into 'Result'. To start I move -1 into eax. Once I'm done with the process, my eax keeps returning '-1' as the value. What could I be doing wrong? Here's my assem code: public _Divide .386 .model flat .code _Divide...

Countless warnings with SDL/OpenGL on OS X when dynamic graphics device switching is active

On Snow Leopard with a macbook pro that has two graphics devices the following error is printed to stderr multiple times a second: Wed Oct 6 02:35:27 nausicaa.local TestApp[92464] <Warning>: CGDisplayIsCaptured: Fixing up display ID 0x4272ec2 for offline mux head to 0x4272ec0 When I force the graphics device to be either Nvidia or In...

Incorrect result with Intel Fortan Compiler on Mac, but fine on Linux!

Hi all, I have been working with a fast multipole code in Fortran. It is a black box to me, and I have been having some strangeness when compiling it on my mac. I am using version 11.1 of the compiler, I've got a MacBook Pro running a 2.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo on Snow Leopard. The code runs fine when I set the optimization flag to -O...

Python execution speed: laptop vs desktop

I am running a program that does simple data processing: parses text populates dictionaries calculates some functions over the resulting data The program only uses CPU, RAM, and HDD: run from Windows command line input/output to the local hard drive nothing displayed on or printed to screen no networking The same program is run o...

how to sample instructions retired from C# application

I'm looking to sample the hardware event "instructions retired" or "exclusive instructions retired" from an intel chip from a C# application. Specifically, I need to sample this number at the beginning and end of a function call, so running a profiling run using cpu counters in visual studio 2010 according to this article: http://msdn....

.gvs (GuideView openmp statictics) file format

Hi Is there a format of *.gvs files, used by GuideView OpenMP performance analyser? The "guide.gvs" is generated, f.e. by intel's OpenMP'ed programmes with $ export LD_PRELOAD=<path_to_icc_or_redist>/lib/libiompprof5.so $ ./openmp_parallelized_prog $ ls -l guide.gvs ...

Can I download and run XCode & Apple iOS 4.1 on Apple Power PC G5?

I am new and want to start developing apps for iPhone, but I can't afford the high price tag of one of Apple's Intel machine right now, can I start developing iPhone apps on Apple Power PC G5 or Apple MacBook Pro with Intel? Thanks for your help ...

Visual Studio Debugger - Visualising Intel Quadruple precision (_Quad)

Hello, I'm using Intel C++ Compiler from within Visual Studio 2008. I was experimenting with the Intel quadruple precision type (_Quad). Everything seems to be working fine, except for the debugging. Visual Studio visualiser is unable to peek into _Quad values. What's worse, the visualiser is unable to provide the type information abou...

Intel applications

Hi i want to know how many applications are available in Intel AppUp Developer Program .Thanks for ur answer in Advance ...

How to create intel sample applications using ASP .net

Hi , where should I get the sample applications of Intel mobile( Smart phone) applications. Can u provide Links for those sample applications using ASP.Net ...