mtimesx issue , Execution time

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Jayant chouragade
Jayant chouragade on 28 Sep 2020
Edited: James Tursa on 29 Sep 2020
Hi,
I am trying run below code with mtimesx as below
tic
mtimesx('SPEEDOMP','OMP_SET_NUM_THREADS(4)');
C=mtimesx(A,B);
mtimesx
to
c
where, A= 1x3x79x 50000 complex 4D matrix, B=3x2x79 complex matrix, C= 1x2x79x50000 4D complex matrix.
I find that mtimesx is using SPEED mode instead of SPEEDOMP mode and execution time is about 0.3-0.4 ms .
I would like to know :
  1. Why SPEEDOMP mode is not used.
  2. Can the execution time be improved by SPEEDOMP mode.
  3. Is there any other arlternative to improve the execution time.
I am using following setup
Matlab '9.6.0.1072779 (R2019a)'
Windows 7, 64 bit.
memory 8 GB,
Intel i7-4800MQ , 4Core, 8 Theread
Looking forward .
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Jayant chouragade
Jayant chouragade on 29 Sep 2020
OK , so I mtimesx suggest that to make SPEEDOMP mode to work , mtimesx should be compliled by OPENMP compiler. i.e MSVC or Intel Intel Parallel Studio XE . Free MinGW64 Compiler will complie mtimesx but does not support OPENMP.
I have installed MSVC 2019 . But still strugling to get it setup for matlab as matlab is not detecting the complier when using
mex -setup CPP -v ;
Below link discussed without conclusion.
But even I acheive and get OPENMP complier will I get speed improvement by using SPEEDOMP over SPEED mode ?
best.
James Tursa
James Tursa on 29 Sep 2020
Edited: James Tursa on 29 Sep 2020
MTIMESX has not been updated in many years. In particular, it has not been updated for the R2018a+ interleaved complex memory model, and it has not been updated for various compilers OpenMP flags.
Getting it to compile with the OpenMP flags is probably just a matter of writing a short script. But even if this were done, the code would not operate as intended for the R2018a+ interleaved complex memory model. Instead, it would use copy-in and copy-out methods for complex variables, which would totally defeat the purpose. Simply compiling with the -R2018a option will not work.
Given that R2020b has a new PAGEMTIMES function that duplicates the functionality of MTIMESX, I doubt I will ever spend the time to update MTIMESX just to support versions R2018a-R2020a. It would take a lot of effort to get the interleaved complex functionality working just for these versions.

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