Make Gauss-Seidel great again! The art of unrolling

· Fortran Lang Discourse · Sept. 15, 2026, 6:15 a.m.
Summary
This blog post discusses improving the performance of the Gauss-Seidel algorithm through code analysis using osaca. It compares the efficiency of the Gauss-Seidel method with the Jacobi method, highlighting the reasons for Gauss-Seidel's slower performance in practice and introducing loop unrolling as a technique to enhance its efficiency without sacrificing convergence speed. The author thanks contributors who provided insights on the topic.
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