And why do I want to run it??

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Boinc....Boinc....Boinc....Boinc....

And why do I want to run it??

Because it's there...

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What is it?

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Here are Eric's checkin notes for enhanced, as I understand it, the current client will be phased out, and this client will replace it.

- Changed includes of C headers to includes of C++ headers. (i.e. we now
include rather than )
- Modified malloc_a() to use native aligned allocation routines if
available.
- Removed explicit use of _aligned_malloc on _WIN32 platforms since
malloc_a() will use _aligned_malloc().
- Defined type sah_complex which is compatible with the FFTW complex
data type. Complex arrays that used to be defined a float arrays are
now of type sah_complex. Code accessing these arrays has been modified
where necessary.
- Added mods to allow the function prototypes in sincos.h to work if these
functions are present, but not in the system header.
- Modified the method by which the chirp table is computed. The goal is
to have the drift be less than 1 bin over the duration of interest
to the analysis. In the case of gaussians that duration is 2 beam
crossings. In the case of pulses it's one beam crossing. In the
case of spikes it's one fft length. This should pick up 1.5 dB in
sensitivity to gaussians, pulses and triplets. We could pick up another
0.25 dB with another doubling of this duration, but I think we've reached
diminishing returns.
- Replaced repeated allocations of WorkData in the main loop with one
allocation prior to loop entry
- Made main processing loop compatible with FFTW. The configure script
now detects the FFTW library and header files and if both are available
USE_FFTW is defined in "config.h". This define determines which FFT is
used.

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----- Rom
BOINC Development Team, U.C. Berkeley
My Blog

Basically, the next generation SETI app, hence, why it's in the Beta phase.

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Thanks Rom for your reply. Sounds like a lot of good changes to the next seti cruncher. Also sounds like it will make obsolete the current user optimized clients.

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Boinc....Boinc....Boinc....Boinc....

Well, it just means that their are new opertunities for further optimization.

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----- Rom
BOINC Development Team, U.C. Berkeley
My Blog

Well, it just means that their are new opertunities for further optimization.

Well, if I understand it correctly, those of us that seem to be too thumb-fingered to use optimized clients will get faster processing ...

I really like the looks of the improved gain ... I am not sure that many people will realize that 1 db is a lot ...

quoting www.hometheatermag.com/glossary/: "A 3dB difference equates to a doubling of power"

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"A 3dB difference equates to a doubling of power"

[font='fixedsys,courier']en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decibel[/font]

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When is the new app going to be released ?

Rayburner

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Doing the test project atm...initial observations are on my system.

Wu estimated completion time is within 5% of actual completion time.

Actual completion time is about 20% longer than non-optimised app.

Progress is very non-linear near the start then slows down big time.

Live long and crunch.

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Paul
(S@H1 8888)
And proud of it!

quoting www.hometheatermag.com/glossary/: "A 3dB difference equates to a doubling of power"

A 3dB difference can also mean a halving of Power. You always have to put in context or add a plus or minus sign.

The formula is dB= 10*Log(base 10)Power Out/Power in

Therefore if Power Out/ Power in = 2 (+3db)it would be an amplifier and if Power In/Power Out = 0.5 (-3db) the circuit would be attenuating (a loss).

Andy

When is the new app going to be released ?

When the developers decide that it has passed the beta testing and is ready to be used on the main project.

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