Subject: RE: Number Crunching
To: 'Daniel Ahlberg' , Tyrel Beede <tb90@mail.csuchico.edu>
From: Vann, Mark \(CRTATL\) <Mark.Vann@concert.com>
List: port-dreamcast
Date: 03/13/2001 08:29:28
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Ahh, i would love to see a benchmark with this , ;-) I wonder if it would
keep up with say a pentium 2 500?

-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Ahlberg [mailto:aliz@telia.com]
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 6:43 AM
To: Tyrel Beede; port-dreamcast@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: Number Crunching



> I was thinking that the dreamcast has got to be a pretty good number
> crunching machine due to it's original line of work.  I'm wondering how
> this characteristic could be exploited in some sort of a number
> crunching facitily.  What would it be good for and does it have any
> advantage over a PC in this area?  Something perhaps suited for an
> application like finding prime numbers or crunching seti data?

Distributed.Net (www.distributed.net) has the source code for their clients
available at www.distributed.net/source. The sources can't make a real
client with keyproxy communication, but it can be used to benchmark and test
new platforms for the client.


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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Ahh, i would love to see a benchmark with this , ;-) I wonder if it would keep up with say a pentium 2 500?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Daniel Ahlberg [<A HREF="mailto:aliz@telia.com">mailto:aliz@telia.com</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 6:43 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: Tyrel Beede; port-dreamcast@netbsd.org</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: Number Crunching</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&gt; I was thinking that the dreamcast has got to be a pretty good number</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>&gt; crunching machine due to it's original line of work.&nbsp; I'm wondering how</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>&gt; this characteristic could be exploited in some sort of a number</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>&gt; crunching facitily.&nbsp; What would it be good for and does it have any</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>&gt; advantage over a PC in this area?&nbsp; Something perhaps suited for an</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>&gt; application like finding prime numbers or crunching seti data?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Distributed.Net (www.distributed.net) has the source code for their clients</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>available at www.distributed.net/source. The sources can't make a real</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>client with keyproxy communication, but it can be used to benchmark and test</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>new platforms for the client.</FONT>
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