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Recent Links 09/05/2007

Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Speed up R, Python, and MATLAB - Going Parallel

• Reduce runtime of Python, R, and MATLAB applications by 85%?  Process 10-100X  larger datasets?  With just a few code changes?  Not quite sure how...but something to explore in the future.  Their success story on speeding up MATLAB code for Monte Carlo Analysis looks pretty easy of a code change to me.  Read their blog for further insights into HPC...
  
  • Multicore:  Why all the Hubbub?
  • What is "Productivity" in High Performance Computing?
  
  
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