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The following are a number of ideas for future work that we have
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thought of, or which have been suggested to us.  Let us know
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(fftw@theory.lcs.mit.edu) if you have other proposals, or if there is
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something that you want to work on.
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* Implement some sort of Prime Factor algorithm (Temperton's?)  (PFA is
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now used in the codelets.)
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* Try the Winograd blocks for the base cases. (We now use Rader's
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algorithm for prime size codelets.)
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* Try on-the-fly generation of twiddle factors, to save space and
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cache. (Done.  However, not yet enabled in the standard distribution.
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The codelet generator is capable of generating code that either loads
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or computes the twiddle factors, and the FFTW C code supports both
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ways.  We do not have enough experimental numbers to determine which
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way is faster, however)
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* Since we now have "strided wisdom," it would be nice to keep the
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stride into account when planning 1D transform recursively.  We should
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eliminate the planner table altogether, and just use the wisdom table
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for planning.
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* Implement fast DCT and DST codes (cosine and sine transforms);
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equivalently, implement fast algorithms for transforms of real/even
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and real/odd data.  There are two parts to this: (i) modify the
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codelet generator to output hard-coded transforms of small sizes [this
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is done], and (ii) figure out & implement a recursive framework for
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combining these codelets to achieve transforms of general lengths.
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(Once this is done, implement multi-dimensional transforms, etcetera.)
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* Implement a library of convolution routines, windowing, filters,
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etcetera based on FFTW.  As DSP isn't our field (we are interested in
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FFTs for other reasons), this sort of thing is probably best left to
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others.  Let us know if you're interested in writing such a thing,
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though, and we'll be happy to link to your site and give you feedback.
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* Generate multi-dimensional codelets for use in two/three-dimensional
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transforms.  (i.e. implement what is sometimes called a "vector-radix"
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algorithm.)  There are potential cache benefits to this.
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* Take advantage of the vector instructions on the Pentium-III and
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forthcoming PowerPC architectures.  (Coming from the old Cray vector
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supercomputers and the horrible coding they encouraged, this seems
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suspiciously like a giant step backwards in computer architectures...)
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We'd like to see better gcc support before we do anything along these
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lines, though.
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* In rfftw, implement a fast O(n lg n) algorithm for prime sizes and
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large prime factors (currently, only the complex FFTW has fast
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algorithms for prime sizes).  The basic problem is that we don't know
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of any such algorithm specialized for real data; suggestions and/or
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references are welcome.
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* In the MPI transforms, implement a parallel 1D transform for real
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data (i.e. rfftw_mpi).  (Currently, there are only parallel 1D
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transforms for complex data in the MPI code.)
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* In the MPI transforms, implement more sophisticated (i.e. faster)
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in-place and out-of-place transpose routines for the in-process
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transposes (used as subroutines by the distributed transpose).  The
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current routines are quite simplistic, although it is not clear how
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much they hurt performance.