I found the instructions too lengthy, complicated, and often ambiguous. You can read about sole author of this library Kazushige Goto (pronounced "Goat toe") at ĪTLAS - (I was unable to build this library. is free (available without cost) for research/academic use. currently the fastest BLAS implementation Optimized implementations the BLAS are available from a number of vendors and projects such as: Intel (commercial), AMD, and ATLAS, but my favorite is GotoBLAS because it is: This reference BLAS implementation may be orders of magnitude slower than optimized implementations, for matrix factorizations and other computationally intensive matrix operations. For reference purposes, the LAPACK installation provides a(n untuned) version of the BLAS which is not optimized for any architecture. LAPACK is designed as a two-tiered Fortran library, comprising higher level subroutines and "lower-level Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms (BLAS) in order to effectively exploit the caches on modern cache-based architectures".
Soon to follow, part 2: Using LAPACK subroutines in a Visual (Studio) C/C++ Project Any inaccuracies in this document are mine. Thanks to Evgenii Rudnyi and Mark Hoemmen at their early suggestions and the reading the draft of this HOWTO. For this reason, I've tried to explain the whys rather than dispense instructions. In doing so, I've made the assumption that the reader, although probably an expert in some other discipline that requires a linear equation solver, is a novice when it comes to LAPACK - just as I was when I started.
For example, in my case ICC v12.x is installed on Windows XP ( 32-bit development only ) and ICC v13.x is installed on Windows 7 ( 32-bit and 64-bit development ).This is the first part of a HOWTO that I'm writing on using LAPACK with Visual Studio.
Note: I didn't try to install more than two versions of Intel C++ Compiler on the same computer.
Installed Intel Updates ( from Intel Software Registration Center ) Installed Intel software ( Initial Releases, for example )Ĥ. Installed Microsoft Updates ( from Microsoft Windows Updates )ģ. The way I've installed Microsoft and Intel software is as follows:Ģ.
( SE - Standard Edition / PE - Professional Edition / UE - Ultimate Edition ) Many software companies are using VS 2012 as a major tool for the development and I don't see any reasons why VS 2012 ( SE, PE, UE ) shouldn't be supported. I think it was missed in Release Notes for MKL. >MS Visual Studio 2012 is not on the list. >"Intel MKL 11.0 System Requirements" (), >.I'll double-check with the MKL engineering team.
ICC XE 2012 is only command line integrated with VS 2012 EE and there are No any menu items, or dialog boxes related to MKL. Now, for example, I have Intel C++ Composer XE 2013 ( ICC XE 2012 ) installed on Windows 7 operating system and VS 2012 Express Edition ( EE ). Take into account that VS 2012 ( any Edition ) is Integrated Development Environment ( IDE ) and MKL is the library and it could be used with many C++ compilers including legacy, like Borland C++. posted that Intel MKL does not have MSVS2012 listed as a supported product. Hi Matt, I see that there is some confusion regarding integration of Intel software ( I mean UI and command line integrations ). Microsoft Windows* Software Development Kit for Windows Server* 2008.Microsoft Windows Server* 2003 R2 Platform SDK (Intel® 64).