topic PROPERTY PAGES in Intel® Fortran Compiler

PROPERTY PAGES

sujith_g_ — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 16:00:59 GMT

Hello,
I would to know about the Project properties which is found under the Project tab> property pages
The properties related to Intel Visual Fortran i.e.
General, Optimization, Debugging, Preprocessor, Code generation etc many more..
I need to know what all these options do, how these affect the program compilation and execution.
Is there any documentation or Help or Support available to know about these.
Kindly let me know as soon as possible.

thank you,

These are all described in

Steven_L_Intel1 — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 16:37:38 GMT

These are all described in detail in the Fortran compiler documentation. You can select a property and press F1 to get help on that option.

Thank a lot,

sujith_g_ — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 16:42:27 GMT

Thank a lot,
I can now go through these for better understanding.

Thank you.

Hello,

sujith_g_ — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 15:41:51 GMT

Hello,

Can I know 1 thing,

Which parameter alteration among the provided in Property page affects the speed of Program run (to run/compile fast) ?

Thank you,

Settings related to that are

Steven_L_Intel1 — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 15:49:52 GMT

Settings related to that are on the Optimization and Code Generation pages. You will want to start with a Release configuration if you want good performance. Don't start here until your program works correctly in a Debug configuration. Start with a plain Release configuration and do correctness and performance testing. Options to try to get better performance:

Optimization > Optimization > Maximize Speed plus Higher Level Optimization
Optimization > Parallelization > Yes
Optimization > Interprocedural Optimization > Multi-File
Code Generation > Intel Processor Specific > Same as the host processor (last option)

All of these will slow down compiles. There are other things you can try, but start with these. Don't obsess over the last microsecond.