[pypy-dev] Update on MyHDL benchmarks with pypy

[Jan Decaluwe]

On 06/16/2012 12:35 AM, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 12:34 AM, Maciej Fijalkowski
> <fijall at gmail.com <mailto:fijall at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Jan Decaluwe <jan at jandecaluwe.com
> <mailto:jan at jandecaluwe.com>> wrote:
>
> For your info.
>
> Since pypy 1.6, the benchmarks for MyHDL have stagnated or become
> slightly worse (within 15%).
>
> Still, the results are much better than the average speedup over the
> pypy set of benchmarks. I guess it is to be expected that
> improvements depend heavily on a particular application.
>
> http://myhdl.org/doku.php/__performance?&#historical_data
> <http://myhdl.org/doku.php/performance?&#historical_data>
>
> Jan Decaluwe
>
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> I would put the 15% to "noise" honestly, but well. I'm not incredibly
> surprised, our optimization are more of the "a bit here a bit there"
> kind these days. Maybe the next one :)
>
> Cheers, fijal
>
>
> Anyway, I'm pleasantly surprised about the high expectations we
> generate :) 1.6 was about 9 months ago and people already complain
> there were no significant speed improvements since then :)))

For the record: no complaints at all. I am very grateful
and satisfied with the status. This is a datapoint for those
interested, nothing more and nothing less.

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     VHDL development, the modern way: http://www.sigasi.com
     World-class digital design: http://www.easics.com