Comments on: The Portland Group Guarantees 2x GPU Performance http://insidehpc.com/2011/11/05/portland-group-guarantees-2x-performance-with-gpus/ HPC News Without the Noise for Supercomputing Professionals | insideHPC Sun, 19 May 2013 10:46:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: anon http://insidehpc.com/2011/11/05/portland-group-guarantees-2x-performance-with-gpus/#comment-374652 anon Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:33:03 +0000 http://insidehpc.com/?p=24433#comment-374652 2x in 4 weeks: 4 weeks of Grad student time @ 40K per year is about $3k Could you buy enough hardware for a 2x speedup with $3k ? As you go up the scale to postdoc, staff scientist etc the $ amount obviously increases 2x in 4 weeks:

4 weeks of Grad student time @ 40K per year is about $3k

Could you buy enough hardware for a 2x speedup with $3k ?

As you go up the scale to postdoc, staff scientist etc the $ amount obviously increases

]]> By: ex http://insidehpc.com/2011/11/05/portland-group-guarantees-2x-performance-with-gpus/#comment-374630 ex Sun, 06 Nov 2011 11:14:22 +0000 http://insidehpc.com/?p=24433#comment-374630 This one has a YMMV clause too. From the project FAQ: "Code structure in your application must be consistent with those structures recommended in the “Are Directives Right for You?” document, under the section titled “Code Structures That Work with Directives”. " This one has a YMMV clause too. From the project FAQ:
“Code structure in your application must be consistent with those structures recommended
in the “Are Directives Right for You?” document, under the section titled “Code Structures
That Work with Directives”. “

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