[NMusers] hardware question

For those of you who don't keep track of such things, Intel is, today,
releasing the desktop (non-gaming) quad core CPU. I'm thinking of
redoing my entire network, buying maybe 8 quad core machines for the GA
application, as well as parallel NONMEM. My question is, as a
consultant, my clients frequently want to re-run final models on their
hardware - and I assume that the regulators do as well. How much of a
problem will it be if I set up my system as 64 bit Vista (or XP) with
the Intel 64 bit compiler? There will be times when the 64 bit result
will be different than the 32 bit (as there are times when different
compiler setting, different compiler etc give different results). Is
anyone out there planning to move to 64 bit Intel? Will anyone be able
to rerun my results? It seems, as far as I can tell, the 64 bit system
is maybe 20-40% faster than a comparable 32 bit system. So, quad core,
64 bit and NONMEM VI (which is faster than NONMEM V), should make a
noticable difference.


Thanks
(anyone out there want to buy 12 slightly used dual core computers?)

Mark Sale MD
Next Level Solutions, LLC
www.NextLevelSolns.com

 

Received on Mon Jan 08 2007 - 10:17:39 EST