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What time would one expect for a 32x32 2D FFT (complex, double
precision), on a 'modern' PC?

Is a time of 2 seconds in any way reasonable?

(The time is for a program that seems to be written for .NET using
C#).

Thanks,

Chris
====================
Chris Bore
BORES Signal Processing

On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:35:17 -0800, Chris Bore wrote:

> What time would one expect for a 32x32 2D FFT (complex, double
> precision), on a 'modern' PC?
>
> Is a time of 2 seconds in any way reasonable?
>
> (The time is for a program that seems to be written for .NET using
> C#).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris
> ====================
> Chris Bore
> BORES Signal Processing

In Scilab, a 32 x 32 FFT took less time that the computer could say "Bob's
yer Uncle" (it reported 1ms, but that's at the limit of it's range).

A 256 x 256 took 25ms, and a 1024 x 1024 (after increasing the stack size)
took 626ms.

Take it from there...

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Chris Bore wrote:

> What time would one expect for a 32x32 2D FFT (complex, double
> precision), on a 'modern' PC?
>
> Is a time of 2 seconds in any way reasonable?

Absolutely unreasonable. It should be at the order of millisecond.

> (The time is for a program that seems to be written for .NET using
> C#).

The smart programming, especially using the interpreters, can produce
the miraculous results.

Vladimir Vassilevsky
DSP and Mixed Signal Design Consultant
http://www.abvolt.com

Chris Bore wrote:
> What time would one expect for a 32x32 2D FFT (complex, double
> precision), on a 'modern' PC?
>
> Is a time of 2 seconds in any way reasonable?
>
> (The time is for a program that seems to be written for .NET using
> C#).

No way. How much spam did the 'modern' PC spew out over the internet
while it was ostensibly working on the problem?

Jerry
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