ACML

Download Source:	http://developer.amd.com/acml.jsp (to download one or more tarball acml-3-5-0-gfortran-32bit, acml-3-5-0-gfortran-64bit, acml-3-5-0-gnu-32bit, or acml-3-5-0-gnu-64bit)

ACML

AMD Core Mathematics Library (ACML) contains

• Full implementation of BLAS, with key routines optimized for high performance on AMD processors.
• Full suite of LAPACK routines optimized to achieve considerably higher performance than standard LAPACK implementations.
• Comprehensive suite of Fast Fourier Transforms (FFTs) in both single-, double-, single-complex and double-complex data types.
• Fast scalar, vector, and array math transcendental library routines optimized for high performance on AMD processors.
• Random Number Generators in both single- and double-precision.

To obtain the ACML, you will be required to register with AMD and be at least 14-years old. Also note that the license does not allow redistribution. The packages compiled with gfortran provide libraries optimized for single- and multi-processor machines.

Non-Multilib or Multilib

Create a directory to download and unpack the tarballs.

  mkdir acml &&
  cd acml

After retrieving and unpacking the tarballs, install each in turn:

  ./install-<package>.sh

where <package> is acml-3-5-0-gfortran-32bit, acml-3-5-0-gfortran-64bit, acml-3-5-0-gnu-32bit, or acml-3-5-0-gnu-64bit.

You will be required to accept the licensing agreement after which you will be prompted for a top level installation directory. The default is /opt/acml3.5.0. Each package will install its headers and libraries in separate subdirectories of the top level directory.

Move the documentation to a standard location:

   install -v -m755 -d /opt/share/doc/acml-3.5.0 && 
   install -v -m644 ACML-EULA.txt README.64-bit /opt/share/doc/acml-3.5.0 && 
   mv -v /opt/acml3.5.0/{*.txt,ReleaseNote*} /opt/share/doc/acml-3.5.0 && 
   mv -v /opt/acml3.5.0/Doc/*.{pdf,txt,inf*} /opt/share/doc/acml-3.5.0 && 
   mv -v /opt/acml3.5.0/Doc/html/* /opt/share/doc/acml-3.5.0

Contents

• Installed Programs: cpuid
• Installed Libraries: libacml.{so,a}, libacml_mv.{so,a}
• Installed Directories: /opt/acml3.5.0/{gfortran32,gfortran32_mp,gfortran64,gfortran64_mp,gnu32,gnu64}/{examples,include,lib}

Short Description

• cpuid - binary utility to determine if your processor supports sse and sse2. Use cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep flags instead.