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Tasos_K_
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Does anyone know if it is possible to port the Number Theory Library (NTL) on the Phi?

Thanks in advance, 

Tasos K.

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James_C_Intel2
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The NTL description at http://www.shoup.net/ntl/doc/tour-impl.html says 

NTL is neither thread-safe nor re-entrant, and making it so would require a fundamental redesign

Since the whole point of Xeon Phi is to enable highly parallel codes, porting a non-thread safe library seems unlikely to be productive.

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James_C_Intel2
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The NTL description at http://www.shoup.net/ntl/doc/tour-impl.html says 

NTL is neither thread-safe nor re-entrant, and making it so would require a fundamental redesign

Since the whole point of Xeon Phi is to enable highly parallel codes, porting a non-thread safe library seems unlikely to be productive.

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