[ADMB Users] ADMB for 64-bit GCC in Windows

[John Sibert]

Windoze is clearly not the platform of choice for serious number crunching.

On 02/10/2011 07:52 AM, Arni Magnusson wrote:
> Frankenstein indeed...
>
> "It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against 
> the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of 
> the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature 
> open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs."
>
> ---
>
> I have just uploaded ADMB for 64-bit GCC in Windows to 
> http://code.google.com/p/admb-project/downloads/list, and the 
> accompanying 64-bit GCC compiler for Windows to 
> http://admb-project.org/community/related-software/gcc.
>
> Based on the 'catage' benchmark 
> (http://admb-project.org/community/benchmarks/compilers), there is 
> considerable computational speed gain between 32-bit and 64-bit GCC in 
> Windows. The relative speed on the same machine is roughly:
>
>   1.0  32-bit ADMB in 64-bit Windows 7
>   1.3  64-bit ADMB in 64-bit Windows 7
>   1.4  32-bit ADMB in 32-bit Linux
>   1.6  64-bit ADMB in 64-bit Linux
>
> If this benchmark is representative for ADMB in general, today's 
> release should mean around 30% speed gain for 64-bit Windows users.
>
> Arni
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John Sibert
Emeritus Researcher, SOEST
University of Hawaii at Manoa

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