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Megaflop comparisons of various computers

Th. Jefferson, Melvan Scott

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A test program and results obtained by running this program on a wide range of computers of interest to Sandia National Laboratories are described. The program, written in FORTRAN, was designed to estimate the speed with which a target computer could perform floating-point operations requested by a FORTRAN programer. Input/output operations are not timed. Thus, the results depend not only upon the basic underlying speed of the computer, but also upon the intelligence of the FORTRAN compiler. 2 tables.

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A test program and results obtained by running this program on a wide range of computers of interest to Sandia National Laboratories are described. The program, written in FORTRAN, was designed to estimate the speed with which a target computer could perform floating-point operations requested by a FORTRAN programer. Input/output operations are not timed. Thus, the results depend not only upon the basic underlying speed of the computer, but also upon the intelligence of the FORTRAN compiler. 2 tables.

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A test program and results obtained by running this program on a wide range of computers of interest to Sandia National Laboratories are described. The program, written in FORTRAN, was designed to estimate the speed with which a target computer could perform floating-point operations requested by a FORTRAN programer. Input/output operations are not timed. Thus, the results depend not only upon the basic underlying speed of the computer, but also upon the intelligence of the FORTRAN compiler. 2 tables.

Key concepts: Fortran, Compiler, Computer science, Range (aeronautics), Point (geometry), Programming language, Computer program, Parallel computing

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