Tag Archives: fractals

Out of Order Benefits

Posted on October 25, 2012 by brucedawson

A few months ago I wrote about some experiments to see how fast modern CPUs are at doing high-precision math such as is used in cryptography and high-precision fractal calculations. I recently read an article that claimed that out-of-order processors … Continue reading →

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Fractal and Crypto Performance

Posted on March 28, 2012 by brucedawson

There was some recent interest in what type of computer would run Fractal eXtreme’s deep zoom calculations fastest (and cheapest) so I wrote a benchmarking tool that isolates the inner calculations for more accurate measurements and arranged to have it … Continue reading →

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Faster Fractals Through Better Scheduling

Posted on September 7, 2011 by brucedawson

Performance improvements can come from many directions including better algorithms or micro-optimized inner loops. In this case I got a worthwhile speedup by working better with the Windows thread scheduler.

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