Re: [linux-audio-dev] optimization

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] optimization
From: Paul Barton-Davis (pbd_AT_Op.Net)
Date: ke tammi  12 2000 - 07:58:22 EST


> i was under the impression (although possibly influenced from work
>on other processors), that floating point was pretty much as fast as
>integer math on most modern processors, and the only thing that kills you
>is float to int conversions. how accurate is that?

pretty accurate in my experience.

> my design isn't exactly optimized, but i'd like to get some idea
>of what avenues would be the most productive to persue: what has been
>everyones experience as far as getting performance out of their designs?

how are you managing disk i/o ? are you using mmap ? are you
multithreading ?

--p


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