Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!caip!andromeda!argus!ken From: ken@argus.UUCP (Kenneth Ng) Newsgroups: net.math,net.arch Subject: Re: Long integers on the Cray? Message-ID: <439@argus.UUCP> Date: Sat, 9-Aug-86 09:57:13 EDT Article-I.D.: argus.439 Posted: Sat Aug 9 09:57:13 1986 Date-Received: Mon, 11-Aug-86 04:02:53 EDT References: <1068@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> Organization: NJ Inst of Tech., Newark NJ Lines: 31 Xref: watmath net.math:3477 net.arch:3719 In article <1068@jade.BERKELEY.EDU>, mwm@eris.berkeley.edu writes: > > Not sure where this ought to go, but these two groups look best. > > Since Berkeley has just acquired a Cray, and I like playing with large > integers (100+ digits), having software to use the hardware that makes > the Cray go fast to deal with these becomes of interest. A quick > glance at the problem makes it look like you can do 1400+ bit adds in > 1-2 nanoseconds/bit using the vector hardware. > > Anyone got this (other than the NSA, who probably doesn't want to let > me have their code :-)? Anyone interested in it should I write it? > > Thanx, >