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Subject: Re: DTS article robert hyatt - revealing his bad math

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 14:00:00 09/03/02

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On September 03, 2002 at 16:12:13, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On September 03, 2002 at 15:41:05, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>
>>On September 03, 2002 at 15:30:51, Matthew Hull wrote:
>>
>>>There's nothing wrong with the numbers to start with.  The efficiency drop off
>>>up to 16 processors looks reasonable.  As for the "too perfect" numbers, it
>>>depends on the display software used to create the table.  Especially if one
>>>uses FORTRAN or some other software that though you are rounding off, it still
>>>wants to pad the display with zeros.
>>
>>Please look at the actual data. I will post the link in a minute.
>>
>>--
>>GCP
>
>
>Here it is:
>
>
>First, times in seconds:
>
>pos     1       2       4       8       16
>1       2,830   1,415   832     435     311
>2       2,849   1,424   791     438     274
>3       3,274   1,637   884     467     239
>4       2,308   1,154   591     349     208
>5       1,584   792     440     243     178
>6       4,294   2,147   1,160   670     452
>7       1,888   993     524     273     187
>8       7,275   3,637   1,966   1,039   680
>9       3,940   1,970   1,094   635     398
>10      2,431   1,215   639     333     187
>11      3,062   1,531   827     425     247
>12      2,518   1,325   662     364     219
>13      2,131   1,121   560     313     192
>14      1,871   935     534     296     191
>15      2,648   1,324   715     378     243
>16      2,347   1,235   601     321     182
>17      4,884   2,872   1,878   1,085   814
>18      646     358     222     124     84
>19      2,983   1,491   785     426     226
>20      7,473   3,736   1,916   1,083   530
>21      3,626   1,813   906     489     237
>22      2,560   1,347   691     412     264
>23      2,039   1,019   536     323     206
>24      2,563   1,281   657     337     178

This are the results when I divide the first number by the second number.

Note that the second digit after the . is always 0(I calculated manually so you
can correct me if I am wrong)


2830/1415=2
2849/1424=2.0007...
3274/1637=2
2308/1154=2
1584/792=2
4294/2147=2
1888/993=1.90...
7275/3637=2.0002...
3940/1970=2
2431/1215=2.0008...
3062/1531=2
2518/1325=1.90...
2131/1121=1.90...
1871/935=2.001...
2648/1324=2
2347/1235=1.90...
4884/2872=1.70...
646/358=1.80...
2983/1491=2.0006...
7473/3736=2.0002...
3626/1813=2
2560/1347=1.90...
2039/1019=2.0009...
2563/1281=2.0007...

Uri



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