64-bit / 128-bit data element type for array?
akineko
akineko at gmail.com
Mon Dec 22 18:43:21 EST 2008
Robert wrote:
> Ah, good. numpy lets you construct your own data types from the primitives.
> Since you don't actually need uint128 arithmetic, you don't need a uint128
> primitive. You can just use dtype('V16') (meaning "void, 16 bytes long") ...
Impressive.
I installed NumPy and it worked like a charm (I used uint64).
The above feature is quite useful as the bus size inside a microchip
is getting wider and wider (to get higher performance).
Again, thank you for replying to my posting.
Happy Holidays!
Aki Niimura
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