LAPACK -- Linear Algebra PACKage ================================ // :Author: Julie_Langou_and_Julien_Langou // :Email: // :Date: 2010/12/08 // :Revision: 1 [width="100%",cols="^,^,^",frame="none",grid="none"] |======= | image:images/lapack1.jpg[LAPACK,scaledwidth="5%"] | *Version 3.3.0* + + link:http://www.icl.cs.utk.edu/lapack-forum[*Browse the LAPACK User Forum*] + mailto:lapack@cs.utk.edu[*Contact the LAPACK team*] + + link:lapack-announce-subscribe@cs.utk.edu[*Get the latest LAPACK News*] + + link:http://www.netlib.org/master_counts2.html#lapack[# access] |image:images/lapack2.jpg[LAPACK,scaledwidth="5%"] |======= ========================== LAPACK is a software package provided by Univ. of Tennessee; Univ. of California, Berkeley; Univ. of Colorado Denver; and NAG Ltd.. ========================== == Presentation LAPACK is written in Fortran 90 and provides routines for solving systems of simultaneous linear equations, least-squares solutions of linear systems of equations, eigenvalue problems, and singular value problems. The associated matrix factorizations (LU, Cholesky, QR, SVD, Schur, generalized Schur) are also provided, as are related computations such as reordering of the Schur factorizations and estimating condition numbers. Dense and banded matrices are handled, but not general sparse matrices. In all areas, similar functionality is provided for real and complex matrices, in both single and double precision. // If you're uncertain of the LAPACK routine name to address your application's // needs, check out the LAPACK Search Engine. The original goal of the LAPACK project was to make the widely used EISPACK and LINPACK libraries run efficiently on shared-memory vector and parallel processors. On these machines, LINPACK and EISPACK are inefficient because their memory access patterns disregard the multi-layered memory hierarchies of the machines, thereby spending too much time moving data instead of doing useful floating-point operations. LAPACK addresses this problem by reorganizing the algorithms to use block matrix operations, such as matrix multiplication, in the innermost loops. These block operations can be optimized for each architecture to account for the memory hierarchy, and so provide a transportable way to achieve high efficiency on diverse modern machines. We use the term "transportable" instead of "portable" because, for fastest possible performance, LAPACK requires that highly optimized block matrix operations be already implemented on each machine. LAPACK routines are written so that as much as possible of the computation is performed by calls to the Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms (BLAS). // While LINPACK and EISPACK are based on the vector operation kernels of the // Level 1 BLAS, LAPACK is designed at the outset to exploit the Level 3 BLAS -- a set of specifications for Fortran subprograms that do various types of matrix multiplication and the solution of triangular systems with multiple right-hand sides. Because of the coarse granularity of the Level 3 BLAS operations, their use promotes high efficiency on many high-performance computers, particularly if specially coded implementations are provided by the manufacturer. Highly efficient machine-specific implementations of the BLAS are available for many modern high-performance computers. For details of known vendor- or ISV-provided BLAS, consult the BLAS FAQ. Alternatively, the user can download ATLAS to automatically generate an optimized BLAS library for the architecture. A Fortran 77 reference implementation of the BLAS is available from netlib; however, its use is discouraged as it will not perform as well as a specifically tuned implementation. .Acknowledgments: Since 2010, this material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. NSF-OCI-1032861. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation (NSF). Until 2006, this material was based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. ASC-9313958, NSF-0444486 and DOE Grant No. DE-FG03-94ER25219. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation (NSF) or the Department of Energy (DOE). == Software === Legal restrictions LAPACK is a freely-available software package. It is available from netlib via anonymous ftp and the World Wide Web at http://www.netlib.org/lapack . Thus, it can be included in commercial software packages (and has been). We only ask that proper credit be given to the authors. The license used for the software is the modified BSD license, see: - link:LICENSE.txt[*LICENSE*] Like all software, it is copyrighted. It is not trademarked, but we do ask the following: - If you modify the source for these routines we ask that you change the name of the routine and comment the changes made to the original. - We will gladly answer any questions regarding the software. If a modification is done, however, it is the responsibility of the person who modified the routine to provide support. === LAPACK, version 3.3.0 ========================== - Download: http://www.netlib.org/lapack/lapack-3.3.0.tgz[lapack-3.3.0.tgz] - link:lapack-3.3.0.html[*LAPACK 3.3.0 Release Notes*] - Updated: November 14, 2010 - Make and link:www.cmake.org[Cmake] build process included - link:http://www.netlib.org/lapack/Errata/index2.html[LAPACK Errata] (Current known bugs) ========================== === Standard C language APIs for LAPACK collaboration LAPACK and INTEL Math Kernel Library ========================== - Download: http://www.netlib.org/lapack/lapacke.tgz[LAPACK C INTERFACE] - Version: 1.0.0.009 (Corresponds to Intel MKL 10.3 product) - Updated: November 14, 2010 ========================== === LAPACK for Windows Please see: http://icl.cs.utk.edu/lapack-for-windows/lapack === SVN Access The LAPACK SVN repository is open for read-only for our users to be able to get the latest bug fixed. ---- svn co http://icl.cs.utk.edu/svn/lapack-dev/lapack/trunk ---- == Support - link:http://www.icl.cs.utk.edu/lapack-forum[*Browse the LAPACK User Forum*] - mailto:lapack@cs.utk.edu[*Contact the LAPACK team*] + - link:http://lists.cs.utk.edu/pipermail/lapack-announce[Archives of LAPACK mailing list] Do not forget to check the link:http://www.netlib.org/lapack/Errata/index2.html[current LAPACK errata] to check current bug status. == Contributors LAPACK is a community-wide effort.LAPACK relies on link:contributor-list.html[many contributors], and we would like to acknowledge their outstanding work. If you are wishing to contribute, please have a look at link:http://www.netlib.org/lapack-dev/lapack-coding/program-style.html[the LAPACK Program Style]. This document has been written to facilitate contributions to LAPACK by documenting their design and implementation guidelines. Contributions are always welcome and can be sent to the mailto:lapack@cs.utk.edu[LAPACK team]. == Documentation === Release Notes The link:http://www.netlib.org/lapack/release_notes.html[LAPACK Release Notes] contain the history of the modifications made to the LAPACK library between each new version. === Improvements and Bugs LAPACK is a currently active project, we are striving to bring new improvements and new algorithms on a regular basis. link:http://www.netlib.org/lapack/improvement.html[Here is the list of the improvement since LAPACK 3.0.] Please contribute to our link:http://www.netlib.org/lapack/WishList/[wishlist] if you feel some functionality or algorithms are missing by emailing the mailto:lapack@cs.utk.edu[LAPACK team]. link:http://www.netlib.org/lapack/Errata/index2.html[Current known bugs] Here is the link:http://www.netlib.org/lapack/bug_list.html[list of the bugs] (corrected, confirmed and to be confirmed) since LAPACK 3.0. === FAQ Consult LAPACK link:http://www.netlib.org/lapack/faq2.html[Frequently Asked Questions]. Please contribute to our FAQ if you feel some questions are missing by emailing the mailto:lapack@cs.utk.edu[LAPACK team]. The link:http://www.icl.cs.utk.edu/lapack-forum[LAPACK User Forum] is also a good source to find answers. === Individual Routines link:http://www.netlib.org/lapack/explore-html[Explore LAPACK code] link:http://www.netlib.org/lapack/single[LAPACK single precision real routines] link:http://www.netlib.org/lapack/double[LAPACK double precision real routines] link:http://www.netlib.org/lapack/complex[LAPACK single precision complex routines] link:http://www.netlib.org/lapack/complex16[LAPACK double precision complex routines] link:http://www.netlib.org/lapack/util[LAPACK utility routines] link:http://www.netlib.org/lapack/testing[LAPACK testing routines] === User's Guide link:http://www.netlib.org/lapack/lug[HTML version of the LAPACK Users' Guide, Third Edition] link:http://www.netlib.org/lapack/lapackqref.ps[LAPACK Quick Reference Guide to the Driver Routines (VERSION 3.0)] link:http://www.netlib.org/lapack/lawn81[HTML version of "Quick Installation Guide for LAPACK"] link:http://www.netlib.org/lapack/lawns/lawn81.ps[LAPACK Working Note 81: Quick Installation Guide for LAPACK on Unix Systems (25 pages) (VERSION 3.0)] link:http://www.netlib.org/lapack/lawn41[HTML version of "LAPACK Installation Guide"] link:http://www.netlib.org/lapack/lawns/lawn41.ps[LAPACK Working Note 41: LAPACK Installation Guide (VERSION 3.0)] link:manpages.tgz[gzip tar file of the manual pages for the LAPACK 3.2.0 driver and computational routines.] === LAPACK Working Notes link:http://www.netlib.org/lapack/lawns/downloads/index.html[LAWNS] == Release History *Version 1.0 : February 29, 1992* * Revised, Version 1.0a: June 30, 1992 * Revised, Version 1.0b: October 31, 1992 * Revised, Version 1.1: March 31, 1993 *Version 2.0: September 30, 1994* *Version 3.0: June 30, 1999* * Update, Version 3.0: October 31, 1999 * Update, Version 3.0: May 31, 2000 *Version 3.1.0: November 2006* * Version 3.1.1: February 2007 *Version 3.2: November 18, 2008* * Version 3.2.1: April 17, 2009 * Version 3.2.2: June 30, 2010 *Version 3.3.0: November 14, 2010* == Previous Release === LAPACK version 3.2.2 - Download: http://www.netlib.org/lapack/lapack-3.2.2.tgz[lapack-3.2.2.tgz] - link:lapack-3.2.2.html[LAPACK 3.2.2 Release Notes] - Updated: June 30, 2010 === LAPACK version 3.2.1 - Download: http://www.netlib.org/lapack/lapack-3.2.1.tgz[lapack-3.2.1.tgz] - link:lapack-3.2.1.html[LAPACK 3.2.1 Release Notes] - Updated: April 17, 2009 === LAPACK version 3.2 with CMAKE package - Download: http://www.netlib.org/lapack/lapack-3.2.1-CMAKE.tgz[lapack-3.2.1-CMAKE.tgz] - Download: http://www.netlib.org/lapack/lapack-3.2.1-CMAKE.zip[lapack-3.2.1-CMAKE.zip] - link:lapack-3.2.2.html[LAPACK 3.2.2 Release Notes] - Updated: January 26, 2010 === LAPACK version 3.2 - Download: http://www.netlib.org/lapack/lapack-3.2.tgz[lapack-3.2.tgz] - link:lapack-3.2.html[LAPACK 3.2 Release Notes] - Updated: November 18, 2008 === LAPACK version 3.1.1 with manpages and html - Download: http://www.netlib.org/lapack/lapack-3.1.1.tgz[lapack-3.1.1.tgz] - link:lapack-3.1.1.changes[LAPACK 3.1.1 Release Notes] - Updated: February 26, 2007 === LAPACK version 3.1.1 - Download: http://www.netlib.org/lapack/lapack-lite-3.1.1.tgz[lapack-lite-3.1.1.tgz] - link:lapack-3.1.1.changes[LAPACK 3.1.1 Release Notes] - Updated: February 26, 2007 === LAPACK version 3.0 + UPDATES - Download: http://www.netlib.org/lapack/lapack-3.0.tgz[lapack-3.0.tgz] - Updated: May 31, 2000 === LAPACK UPDATES for version 3.0 - Download: http://www.netlib.org/lapack/update.tgz[update.tgz] - Instructions: cd LAPACK; gunzip -c update.tgz | tar xvf - - Updated: May 31, 2000 == Vendors LAPACK library Please report to our link:http://www.netlib.org/lapack/faq2.html#_what_and_where_are_the_lapack_vendors_implementations[FAQ] to know the list of the current vendors implementations. == Related Projects === CLAPACK CLAPACK is an f2c'ed conversion of LAPACK link:http://www.netlib.org/clapack[CLAPACK website] === ScaLAPACK ScaLAPACK is a distributed-memory implementation of LAPACK link:http://www.netlib.org/scalapack[ScaLAPACK website] === PLASMA The Parallel Linear Algebra for Scalable Multi-core Architectures (PLASMA) project aims to address the critical and highly disruptive situation that is facing the Linear Algebra and High Performance Computing community due to the introduction of multi-core architectures. PLASMA's ultimate goal is to create software frameworks that enable programmers to simplify the process of developing applications that can achieve both high performance and portability across a range of new architectures. The development of programming models that enforce asynchronous, out of order scheduling of operations is the concept used as the basis for the definition of a scalable yet highly efficient software framework for Computational Linear Algebra applications. link:http://icl.cs.utk.edu/plasma/[PLASMA website] === MAGMA The MAGMA (Matrix Algebra on GPU and Multicore Architectures) project aims to develop a dense linear algebra library similar to LAPACK but for heterogeneous/hybrid architectures, starting with current "Multicore+GPU" systems. The MAGMA research is based on the idea that, to address the complex challenges of the emerging hybrid environments, optimal software solutions will themselves have to hybridize, combining the strengths of different algorithms within a single framework. Building on this idea, we aim to design linear algebra algorithms and frameworks for hybrid manycore and GPUs systems that can enable applications to fully exploit the power that each of the hybrid components offers. link:http://icl.cs.utk.edu/magma/[MAGMA website] == Related older Projects .Fortran95 interface to LAPACK link:../lapack95[LAPACK 95] by mailto:lapack95@cs.utk.edu[Jerzy Waśniewski] .Fortran-to-Java LAPACK link:../java/f2j[JLAPACK] .C++ implementation of LAPACK LAPACK extensions for high performance linear algebra computations. This version includes support for solving linear systems using LU, Cholesky, and QR matrix factorizations. link:../lapack\+\+[lapack++] by mailto:pozo@cs.utk.edu[Roldan Pozo] .essl Subdirectory containing CCI (Call Conversion Interface) for LAPACK/ESSL. See lawn82 for more information. // (This is for Julien, please leave these lines.) // To generate HTML file from this TXT file: asciidoc -a toc index2.txt // vim: set syntax=asciidoc: .