# Questions tagged [blas]

Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms - A standard API library with vector-vector, matrix-vector, and matrix-matrix operations.

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### Getting to know about various BLAS implementations

I keep coming across phrases like "highly optimized BLAS kernels" with "architecture-specific optimizations", but have never been able to find what exactly these optimizations are, ...
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### How to set up the differential equation system to speed up computation?

I've set up a system of differential equations, obtained after discretizing pde, in the following way ...
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### Beating typical BLAS libraries matrix multiplication performance

A dull matrix multiplication algorithm where we use the formula $$C_{ij}=\sum_{k}A_{ik}B_{kj}$$ By literally following this in 3 loops we'll get a very slow program, because we don't utilize ...
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### How much better are Fortran compilers really?

This question is an extension of two discussions that came up recently in the replies to "C++ vs Fortran for HPC". And it is a bit more of a challenge than a question... One of the most often-heard ...
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### C standard for computational science

Which C standard should be used for computational science code ? Should we keep compatibility with C89/90/ANSI or jump to C99 or C11 ? Context: Code will use third-party : BLAS, LAPACK, MKL, ...
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### Efficient change of basis real positive definite symmetric matrix

I need to optimize a code where the most performance critical part is doing a 'change of basis', in other words it is an unitary similarity transformation on a big real positive definite symmetric ...
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### Functions from Scipy, Blas, or Lapack that compute only upper triangular matrix

My goal is to transform a matrix into upper triangular form in Python. I know the function scipy.linalg.lu will do LU decomposition and get both upper and lower ...
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### What algorithm do BLAS and ATLAS use for matrix multiplication?

I have searched and what I understood was that they use the naive one with several memory and cache optimizations. However, I wanted to know whether they are using the Strassen or the Coppersmith-...
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### Using LAPACK to compute $B^{-1}AB^{-T}$ for thin $B$

How can I use BLAS/LAPACK to compute $$B^{-1}AB^{-T}$$ where $A\in\mathbb{R}^{n,n}$, $B\in\mathbb{R}^{m,n}$ is full rank matrix with $m>n$, and $B^{-1}y:=\arg \min_{x} \|Bx-y\|_{2}$. In theory, ...
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### Optimized open source BLAS / LAPACK package

I was wondering what is a more optimized open source BLAS/LAPACK package with respect to modern multi-core processors (Haswell and beyond). Is there any distribution that can attain performance close ...
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### Is there any catch on using zgemm3m vs regular zgemm?

I've just (to my embarrassment) encountered a BLAS-like extension of a matrix-matrix product subroutine gemm in Intel MKL: gemm3m...
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### Best way of porting code from the GPU to MPI-nodes

I have a program, structured in two parts, $A$ and $B$. Both parts are capable of running as standalone units, and written in C++. $A$ is written for cluster systems, running entirely on CPU-nodes, ...
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### BLAS operation question

I want to perform the following operation: $$A = A + U B^T$$ where $A$ is $m \times n$ dense, $U$ is $m \times m$ upper triangular, and $B$ is $n \times m$ dense. The BLAS function ...
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### Sparse matrix format and sparse-matrix sparse-matrix multiplication

I'm having some performance problems with my code dealing with the multiplication of big sparse matrices (stiffness and aerodynamic influence coefficient matrices). Mainly I have to multiply such ...
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### Block matrix and DSYRK

I want to compute the matrix $$A = \sum_{i=1}^N v_i v_i^T$$ where each $v_i$ is a given vector of length $2500$, so that $A$ is $2500 \times 2500$, and my $N$ is about 2 million. Rather than call ...
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### Parallel assembly of matrix

I have a matrix which I want to assembly quickly, which is in block form: $$A = \pmatrix{ A_{11} & A_{12} & A_{13} \\ A_{21} & A_{22} & A_{23} \\ A_{31} & A_{32} & A_{33}}$$ ...
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### Fast matrix multiplication with matrix elements computed on-the-fly (without forming the matrix)

Is there any library or routine for high-performance matrix-matrix product, where the matrix elements are computed on-the-fly using a given function of $i$ and $j$? More specifically, in the problem ...
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### Fast calculation of $A^T B$

I need to compute a matrix-matrix product, $A^T B$, where $A$ is $n \times r$ sparse, and $B$ is $n \times q$ dense. The number of rows $n$ is far larger than both $r$ and $q$. In fact $n$ is so large ...
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### Wrong result of 'ddot' from BLAS

I am having trouble with a C/C++ program that uses the BLAS routine ddot. I am running Linux and so far LAPACK routines worked without any problems. I get a wrong ...
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### Distributed (MPI) matrix matrix multiplication

I perform matrix matrix multiplications (between rank-3 and rank-2 arrays) in fortran using following subroutine, ...
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### $A * B$ computation when B is a symmetric matrix in armadillo [closed]

Is there any way to multiply a symmetric matrix by a dense one in armadillo(and use the fact that we have a symmetric matrix)? I know about DSYMM Routine in BLAS,...
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### GPU libraries for integer matmul | overflow tolerated

Are there any high performance integer BLAS libraries that implement matrix multiplication i.e. i32gemm and i64gemm ? I need to use them for a cryptographic application and can tolerate overflows, i.e....
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### Is there a reference-level implementation of BLAS in C/C++?

The netlib BLAS implementation is an excellent reference, being mostly un-optimized and well documented (e.g. zgemm). However, it is in Fortran 77, making it somewhat inaccessible to those with a ...
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### Kronecker product of matrices

I have to use Kronecker product of a matrix with a unit matrix is there any routine in ScaLapack or Lapack which can do so efficiently.
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### Eigenvalue problem (LAPACK)

I am working on a project in numerical analysis which I have to program in C (using Lapack and Blas). Matrix is given which is tridiagonal and "almost" symmetric (one element is to be changed to make ...
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### Is it possible to use BLAS if I have a function rather than a matrix?

My matrix sizes have grown beyond what can fit on the RAM but I have a function which defines each element cheaply. Is it possible use BLAS (in Fortran or even in MATLAB) in such cases? If I had a ...
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### The difference between mkl_intel_lp64 vs mkl_gf_lp64 in a numerical reproducibility issue with Intel MKL

It has been discussed that Intel MKL can exhibit irreproducible behavior under certain conditions. In fact, this is a known thing and described by Intel as Conditional Numerical Reproducibility. A ...
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### How to tell which (sequential or parallel) version of Intel MKL is linked?

Recently I am using Umfpack with Intel MKL BLAS. To link the library to a program one has to link mkl_rt.lib / mkl_rt.so. However there is no word which version: sequential or parallel of library is ...
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### Danger of complex arithmetics in scientific computing

The complex inner product $\langle u,v\rangle$ has two different definitions decided by conventions: $\bar{u}^Tv$ or $u^T\bar{v}$. In BLAS, I found the routines cdotu, zdotu, and cdotc, zdotc. The ...
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### What matrix criteria is "large enough" for Eigen to use a BLAS backend?

Eigen's documentation says that any BLAS back-end can be used (e.g. MKL) to perform the actual matrix calculations. It is, however, very vague when discussing the criteria as to which the ...
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### Are BLAS implementations guaranteed to give the exact same result?

Given two different BLAS implementations, can we expect that they make the exact same floating point computations and return the same results? Or can it happen, for instance, that one computes a ...
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### Set strictly upper triangular part of a matrix to alpha using BLAS or LAPACK

Is there routine in standard BLAS or LAPACK to set strictly-upper triangular part (the part above the diagonal) of a matrix to alpha? I do not want to change diagonal elements so ...
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### BLAS libraries for Octave or Matlab, preferrably with GPU support?

I just searched around a bit for BLAS implementations and was amazed by the sheer amount of libraries around. Does someone know of a benchmark or otherwise rating of the various libraries? How easy ...
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### Smart way to multiply 3 matrices

I have a quantum mechanics simulation where I need to multiply three matrices that look like this: $$\rho(t_1)=U^\dagger \rho(t_0) \, U$$ where $U^\dagger$ is the hermitian conjugate of $U$. This ...
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### Fastest way to perform element-wise multiplication on a sparse matrix

I have two large-ish matrices (~100K cols x ~100K rows). They are sparse and symmetrical (about 0.1% of them values are non-zero). I want to do element-wise multiplication between them. Also, I ...
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### Do BLAS routines compute their respective operations with minimum error?

Do all BLAS routines compute the respective operation with minimum error ? i.e. Is the reduction in sdot computed with least error ? I need to call these ...
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### Efficiently rotate vector in 2D (and 3D)

I need to efficiently rotate a 2D (and 3D) vector in a CUDA kernel. I was thinking about generating random unitary rotation matrices. I don't need to know the angle, it just has to be randomly ...
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### Optimized parallel routine for $X' W X$ with $W$ diagonal

$X$ is a dense matrix of real doubles, typically of size 20 million rows and 500 columns, and $W$ is a diagonal matrix of real, non-negative doubles stored as a vector. I'm working in C and have ...
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### BLAS, LAPACK or ATLAS for Matrix Multiplication in C

I am trying to find the most optimized way to perform Matrix Multiplication of very large sizes in C language and under Windows 7 or Ubuntu 14.04. And searching led me to BLAS, LAPACK and ATLAS. ...
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### Kronecker products and basis contractions (ie. B.A.Transpose[B]) in C?

I have implemented a basis transformation in C of the following form kron[A,A]*B*Transpose[kron[A,A]] where A and ...
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### Sparse Linear Algebra vs Dense Linear Algebra

I am interested in a reference in the literature that discusses the performance of Dense Linear Algebra (blas routines) and dense linear algebra (sparse blas routines). I am interested in knowing for ...
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