Chapter objectives
Chapter objectives
After reading this chapter you will:
•Be familiar with the Extended BLAS subroutine naming convention
•Know what operations the Extended BLAS performs
•Know how to use the described subprograms
•Be familiar with the BLAS Standard subroutines supported in HP VECLIB
Associated documentation
The following documents provide supplemental material for this chapter:
Dongarra, J.J., J. DuCroz, S. Hammarling, and R. Hanson. “An Extended Set of Fortran Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms.” ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software. March, 1988. Vol. 14, No. 1.
Dongarra, J.J., J. DuCroz, S. Hammarling, and I. Duff. “A Set of Level 3 Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms.” ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software. March, 1990. Vol. 16, No. 1.
Higham, Nicholas J. “Is Fast Matrix Multiplication of Practical Use?” SIAM News. November, 1990. Vol. 23, No. 6.
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