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st: Follow-up: mata speed on SUSE linux64


From   palangkaraya-half <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   st: Follow-up: mata speed on SUSE linux64
Date   Tue, 07 Jun 2005 09:34:47 +1000

Dear Stata users,

Here are the contents of the do files:

*<------------------- looptest.do -------------------------->
version 9
mata:
void looptest(numeric scalar runs, numeric scalar nsize)
{
	real scalar i
	real matrix a, b
	for(i=1; i<=runs; i++){
		a=uniform(nsize,nsize)
		b=uniform(nsize,1)
		b=qrsolve(a,b)
	}
}
mata mosave looptest(), dir(PERSONAL) replace
end
*++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

*<------------------- benchmark.do ------------------------->
log using benchmark.smcl, replace
local st = "$S_TIME"
mata: looptest(10,1000) /*10 regression repetitions, 1000x1000 (Nxk X
matrix)*/
elapse `st'
local st = "$S_TIME"
mata: looptest(100,1000) /*100 regression repetitions, 1000x1000 (Nxk X
matrix)*/
elapse `st'
local st = "$S_TIME"
mata: looptest(100,100) /*100 regression repetitions, 100x100 (Nxk X
matrix)*/
elapse `st'
local st = "$S_TIME"
mata: looptest(1000,100) /*1000 regression repetitions, 100x100 (Nxk X
matrix)*/
elapse `st'
log close
*++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

-alfons

>The first benchmark randomly draws Y vector and X matrix from a uniform
>distribution, and then uses the QR decomposition to solve for the
>generalised least square of Y on X.

>Four tests were conducted depending on the size of X and Y and
>the number of repetitions.

>Test 1: Repetitions=  10, Y= [1000 x 1], X=[1000x1000]
>Test 2: Repetitions= 100, Y= [1000 x 1], X=[1000x1000]
>Test 3: Repetitions= 100, Y= [ 100 x 1], X=[ 100x 100]
>Test 3: Repetitions=1000, Y= [ 100 x 1], X=[ 100x 100]

>The "synthetic" results are:

>PC (CPU, Speed, Memory, OS, Stata Version)           Time (minutes:seconds)
>                                                     Test1 Test2 Test3
Test4
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Athlon 64 FX/55, 2.6GHz, 3.0GB, Windows X64, SE/9/64, 0:18, 3:09, 0:0,
0:3
>Athlon 64 FX/55, 2.6GHz, 3.0GB, Windows XP,  SE/9/32, 0:21, 3:27, 0:0,
0:4
>Pentium 4,       3.0GHz, 2.0GB, Windows XP,  SE/9/32, 0:24, 3:57, 0:1,
0:4
>Athlon 64 FX/55, 2.6GHz, 3.0GB, SUSE Linux64,SE/9/64, 0:45, 7:45, 0:0,
0:6

<snip>

>Also, if anyone knows any idea why my linux results are very slow (even
>when run in a batch mode)?


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