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AMD Core Math Library 1.5 Expands
Platform Support
At SC2003, AMD announced availability of AMD Core Math Library (ACML) 1.5
for
the AMD Opteron and AMD Athlon 64 processor-based platforms. AMD collaborated
with The Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG) to deliver an enhanced development
tool that provides developers with a core set of AMD64 mathematical functions.
ACML 1.5 is optimized for use in scientific and engineering applications for
verticals including research, engineering, life and earth sciences, financial
analysis and data mining.
"The new features and support in ACML 1.5 are designed to provide
developers
in the High Performance Computing community, faster, more intuitive functions
and interfaces as they create 32- or 64-bit applications for the AMD64
platform," said Ben Williams, director of the Server/Workstation Business
Segment for AMD's Microprocessor Business Unit. "Customers are choosing AMD
Opteron processor-based clusters, and ACML 1.5 will enable developers to
reduce application development time, with optimized applications performance
for compute intensive environments."
"ACML 1.5 provides HPC developers with reliable core numerical components
that
help them increase performance and accuracy for AMD64 processor-based
platforms," said Brian Ford, CEO of NAG. "NAG worked closely with AMD to
develop ACML 1.5 to expedite adoption of AMD64 clusters for customers needing
compute intensive environments."
To address the needs of developers of compute intensive applications, ACML
1.5
contains 28 new LAPACK routines, including linear equation solvers, singular
value decomposition and symmetric engine solvers. This will also enhance
performance on multiprocessor servers and workstations.
ACML 1.5 also delivers significant performance improvements on 32-bit
kernel
BLAS routines, providing support for the expansive 32-bit installed
application base. In addition, ACML 1.5 also now contains Level 1 BLAS
routines for operations involving sparse vectors.
ACML 1.5 routines now offer developers C as well as FORTRAN interfaces. The
new interfaces allow the C programmer to pass arguments in a more natural way,
eliminating user-supplied workspace arguments.
ACML 1.5 is freely available on AMD's developer site, which is
www.developwithamd.com/.
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