What is wrong?
The random number distribution is Normal instead of Uniform[0,1]
Where does it happen?
Ex. In GPU.js when I run Math.random inside a gpu.createKernel(function() in Node.js on my pc windows 10 and Nvidia GPU
NB If mode is set to cpu, all else equal, the numbers are Unifom
How do we replicate the issue?
const { GPU } = require('gpu.js');
const gpu = new GPU({ mode: 'gpu' });
const nobs=10000;
const kernel = gpu.createKernel(function() {
const y=Math.random();
return y;
}, { output: [nobs] });
const data = kernel();
How important is this (1-5)?
5
Expected behavior (i.e. solution)
the data should be uniform
Other Comments
Probably, in the plugin you should have chosen nrandom instead of n4random.
What is wrong?
The random number distribution is Normal instead of Uniform[0,1]
Where does it happen?
Ex. In GPU.js when I run Math.random inside a gpu.createKernel(function() in Node.js on my pc windows 10 and Nvidia GPU
NB If mode is set to cpu, all else equal, the numbers are Unifom
How do we replicate the issue?
const { GPU } = require('gpu.js');
const gpu = new GPU({ mode: 'gpu' });
const nobs=10000;
const kernel = gpu.createKernel(function() {
const y=Math.random();
return y;
}, { output: [nobs] });
const data = kernel();
How important is this (1-5)?
5
Expected behavior (i.e. solution)
the data should be uniform
Other Comments
Probably, in the plugin you should have chosen nrandom instead of n4random.