openblas

Version:

0.3.20, 0.3.7

Category:

math

Cluster:

Vali

Author / Distributor

http://www.openblas.net/

Description

OpenBLAS is an optimized BLAS (Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms) and LAPACK library implementation based on GotoBLAS2. It provides high-performance matrix and vector math routines for scientific computing and is tuned for modern CPU architectures.

Documentation

OpenBLAS is a library and does not provide standalone CLI tools.

It is linked into applications requiring BLAS/LAPACK functionality.

Example compile and link command:

    gcc my_program.c -I$OPENBLAS_INC -L$OPENBLAS_LIB -lopenblas -o my_program

Environment variable (optional):

    OPENBLAS_NUM_THREADS=4    # Control number of threads

Full documentation:
  https://github.com/xianyi/OpenBLAS/wiki

Examples/Usage

• List available modules:

  $ module avail openblas
  

• Load the openblas module:

  $ module load numlib/OpenBLAS/0.3.20-GCC-11.3.0
  

• Check the loaded modules:

  $ module list
  

• Unload the openblas module:

  $ module unload numlib/OpenBLAS/0.3.20-GCC-11.3.0
  

Installation

Source code is obtained from openblas