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From: ags@s.cc.purdue.edu (Dave Seaman)
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Subject: Re: Fortran follies
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Date: 28 Jun 88 14:50:53 GMT
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>>The Cyber 205's breakeven vector length is from 20 to 50 elements.

I have found the breakeven length to vary from about 5 to 50 elements,
depending on the type of operations being performed.  For a simple vector
add, the breakeven length is around 5 or 6.

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Dave Seaman	  					
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