HP MLIB for PA-RISC and Itanium2 HP-UX Version 9.5 Release Note

HP MLIB for PA-RISC and Itanium® 2 HP-UX Version 9.5 Release Note

What’s in This Version

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.

HP MLIB has six components, VECLIB, LAPACK, ScaLAPACK, SuperLU_DIST, SOLVERS,

and VMATH. 64-bit address libraries with all integer values using 64-bits (Fortran Integer*8

or C/C++ long long), are referred to as VECLIB8, LAPACK8, ScaLAPACK8, SuperLU_DIST8,

SOLVERS8, and VMATH8 respectively.

HP MLIB also contains 64-bit address libraries with 64-bit integer values that use calling

conventions similar to those found in Cray Research Incorporated’s SCILIB math and

scientific library. These libraries are referred to as VECLIBSC8 and LAPACKSC8.

HP MLIB contains robust callable subprograms including all BLAS 1, 2, and 3 subroutines;

sparse BLAS subroutines; a collection of commonly used dense and sparse linear system

solvers, including LAPACK, ScaLAPACK, and SuperLU_DIST; full METIS functionality; Fast

Fourier Transforms (FFTs); and convolutions. HP MLIB can be used on HP-UX systems

ranging from single-processor servers to multiprocessor high-end servers and

distributed-memory high performance clusters. HP MLIB 9.5 is optimized for both PA-RISC

2.0 and Itanium® 2-based platforms.