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@@ -817,8 +817,8 @@ the larger the number of threads is,  the more local memory is used and the less
 branching  instructions are  used (if,  while, ...),  the better  performance is
 obtained  on  GPU.  So  with  algorithm  \ref{algo:seqCIprng}  presented in  the
 previous section, it is possible to  build a similar program which computes PRNG
 branching  instructions are  used (if,  while, ...),  the better  performance is
 obtained  on  GPU.  So  with  algorithm  \ref{algo:seqCIprng}  presented in  the
 previous section, it is possible to  build a similar program which computes PRNG

-on  GPU. In  the CUDA  [ref] environment,  threads have  a  local identificator,
-called \texttt{ThreadIdx} relative to the block containing them.
+on   GPU.  In  the   CUDA~\cite{Nvid10}  environment,   threads  have   a  local
+identificator, called \texttt{ThreadIdx} relative to the block containing them.

 
 
 \subsection{Naive version for GPU}
 
 
 \subsection{Naive version for GPU}


@@ -828,14 +828,14 @@ The principe consists in assigning the computation of a PRNG as in sequential to
 each thread  of the  GPU.  Of course,  it is  essential that the  three xor-like
 PRNGs  used for  our computation  have different  parameters. So  we  chose them
 randomly with  another PRNG. As the  initialisation is performed by  the CPU, we
 each thread  of the  GPU.  Of course,  it is  essential that the  three xor-like
 PRNGs  used for  our computation  have different  parameters. So  we  chose them
 randomly with  another PRNG. As the  initialisation is performed by  the CPU, we

-have chosen to use the ISAAC PRNG  [ref] to initalize all the parameters for the
-GPU version  of our  PRNG.  The  implementation of the  three xor-like  PRNGs is
-straightforward  as soon  as their  parameters have  been allocated  in  the GPU
-memory. Each xor-like  PRNGs used works with an internal  number $x$ which keeps
-the last generated random numbers. Other internal variables are also used by the
-xor-like PRNGs. More  precisely, the implementation of the  xor128, the xorshift
-and  the xorwow  respectively  require 4,  5  and 6  unsigned  long as  internal
-variables.
+have  chosen  to  use  the  ISAAC  PRNG~\ref{Jenkins96}  to  initalize  all  the
+parameters for  the GPU version  of our PRNG.   The implementation of  the three
+xor-like  PRNGs  is  straightforward  as  soon as  their  parameters  have  been
+allocated in  the GPU memory.  Each xor-like PRNGs  used works with  an internal
+number  $x$  which keeps  the  last  generated  random numbers.  Other  internal
+variables  are   also  used   by  the  xor-like   PRNGs.  More   precisely,  the
+implementation of the  xor128, the xorshift and the  xorwow respectively require
+4, 5 and 6 unsigned long as internal variables.

 
 \begin{algorithm}
 
 
 \begin{algorithm}
 


@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ which represent the indexes of the  other threads for which the results are used
 by the  current thread. In  the algorithm, we  consider that a  64-bits xor-like
 PRNG is used, that is why both 32-bits parts are used.
 
 by the  current thread. In  the algorithm, we  consider that a  64-bits xor-like
 PRNG is used, that is why both 32-bits parts are used.
 

-This version also succeed to the BigCrush batteries of tests.
+This version also succeeds to the {\it BigCrush} batteries of tests.

 
 \begin{algorithm}
 
 
 \begin{algorithm}
 


@@ -954,8 +954,24 @@ Devaney's formulation of a chaotic behavior.
 \section{Experiments}
 \label{sec:experiments}
 
 \section{Experiments}
 \label{sec:experiments}
 

-Different experiments have been performed in order to measure the generation
-speed. In Figure~\ref{fig:time_gpu} we compare the number of random numbers generated per second.
+Different experiments  have been  performed in order  to measure  the generation
+speed. We have used  a computer equiped with Tesla C1060 NVidia  GPU card and an
+Intel  Xeon E5530 cadenced  at 2.40  GHz for  our experiments  and we  have used
+another one  equipped with  a less performant  CPU and  a GeForce GTX  280. Both
+cards have 240 cores.
+
+In Figure~\ref{fig:time_gpu}  we compare the number of  random numbers generated
+per second.  In order to obtain the optimal performance we remove the storage of
+random numbers  in the GPU memory. This  step is time consumming  and slows down
+the random number  generation.  Moreover, if you are  interested by applications
+that consome random  numbers directly when they are  generated, their storage is
+completely useless. In this figure we can see that when the number of threads is
+greater than approximately  30,000 upto 5 millions the  number of random numbers
+generated per second is almost constant.   With the naive version, it is between
+2.5 and 3GSample/s.   With the optimized version, it  is approximately equals to
+20GSample/s. Finally  we can remark  that both GPU  cards are quite  similar. In
+practice,  the Tesla C1060  has more  memory than  the GTX  280 and  this memory
+should be of better quality.

 
 \begin{figure}[htbp]
 \begin{center}
 
 \begin{figure}[htbp]
 \begin{center}


@@ -966,11 +982,10 @@ speed. In Figure~\ref{fig:time_gpu} we compare the number of random numbers gene
 \end{figure}
 
 
 \end{figure}
 
 

-First of all we have compared the time to generate X random numbers with both
-the CPU version and the GPU version. 
+In  comparison,   Listing~\ref{algo:seqCIprng}  allows  us   to  generate  about
+138MSample/s with only one core of the Xeon E5530.
+

 
 

-Faire une courbe du nombre de random en fonction du nombre de threads,
-éventuellement en fonction du nombres de threads par bloc.