= Turning off CPU throttling = Mandatory ! == Manually == You need to write "performance" in the file /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor This should be done for each core available (replace "cpu0" with "cpu1" "cpu2" etc... in the path) == With cpufrequtils == Install the package {{{ sudo apt-get install cpufrequtils }}} Set cpu 0 to performance mode : {{{ sudo cpufreq-set --cpu 0 -g performance }}} This should also be done for each core available with the --cpu parameter = Dependencies = ATLAS needs a fortran compiler {{{ sudo apt-get install libgfortran3 }}} = Download = The ATLAS source can be found at http://sourceforge.net/projects/math-atlas/files/ Untar the file anywhere ( ~/ATLAS for instance ) = Installation = Create a build directory (~/ATLAS_build for instance) and enter it (cd ~/ATLAS_build). Launch "configure" from the atlas source directory {{{ ~/ATLAS/configure }}} Option "-t" speicifies the number of threads that will be used by the library after compilation. "-t -1" for autodetect "-t 0" for unthreaded "-t x" for x threads Then run {{{ make make check make ptcheck make time make install }}}