HP-UX 11i Version 2 May 2005 Release Notes

Libraries and Programming
HP MLIB
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HP MLIB
HP MLIB contains mathematical software and computational kernels for engineering
and scientific applications involving linear equations, least squares, eigenvalue
problems, singular value decomposition, vector and matrix computations, convolutions,
and Fourier Transforms. MLIB has six components: VECLIB, LAPACK, ScaLAPACK,
SuperLU DIST, SOLVERS, and VMATH.
Summary of Change
New features for version 9.0 include the following:
• Support for arbitrary length FFTs
• FFT performance enhancements
• Support for VMATH, CXML, and BCS
Impact
The impact of the HP MLIB update is improved performance.
Compatibility
HP MLIB 9.0 is supported on PA-RISC 2.0 11i v1 (or later) and Itanium 2 11i v1.6 (or
later). There are no differences in default behavior or functionality across PA-RISC and
Itanium-based architectures. There are no regressions from previous releases.
Performance
There are no known performance issues.
Documentation
For further information, refer to the following:
• mlib (3M) manpage installed at /opt/mlib/share/man
•Web site at www.hp.com/go/mlib
• User's Guide and release notes at
http://docs.hp.com/hpux/dev/index.html#Performance%20Tools%20and%20Li
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Obsolescence
Not applicable.