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| author | Daniël de Kok <me@danieldk.eu> | 2020-09-07 19:48:35 +0200 |
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| committer | Daniël de Kok <me@danieldk.eu> | 2020-09-07 19:49:51 +0200 |
| commit | aeb5951978f29358bcf145d30e527398af67a463 (patch) | |
| tree | 9ce6689ec83d78a7dbf4e9646aa54169c5d37c31 /doc/using | |
| parent | 863724b3f3a4727c2c9109ce6a29f6e7846089ca (diff) | |
doc/using/overlays.xml: add BLIS
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/using/overlays.xml | 24 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/using/overlays.xml b/doc/using/overlays.xml index 7f6ee040c7c7..f6e02b969eac 100644 --- a/doc/using/overlays.xml +++ b/doc/using/overlays.xml @@ -187,14 +187,28 @@ self: super: <listitem> <para> <link + xlink:href="https://github.com/flame/blis">BLIS</link> + </para> + <para> + BLIS, available through the attribute + <literal>blis</literal>, is a framework for linear algebra kernels. In + addition, it implements the BLAS interface. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <link xlink:href="https://developer.amd.com/amd-aocl/blas-library/">AMD - BLIS/LIBFLAME</link> (optimized for modern AMD x86_64 CPUs) + BLIS/LIBFLAME</link> (optimized for modern AMD x86_64 CPUs) </para> <para> - The AMD BLIS library, with attribute <literal>amd-blis</literal>, - provides a BLAS implementation. The complementary AMD LIBFLAME - library, with attribute <literal>amd-libflame</literal>, provides - a LAPACK implementation. + The AMD fork of the BLIS library, with attribute + <literal>amd-blis</literal>, extends BLIS with optimizations for + modern AMD CPUs. The changes are usually submitted to + the upstream BLIS project after some time. However, AMD BLIS + typically provides some performance improvements on AMD Zen CPUs. + The complementary AMD LIBFLAME library, with attribute + <literal>amd-libflame</literal>, provides a LAPACK implementation. </para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> |