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Which version of the Intel® IPP, Intel® MKL and Intel® TBB Libraries are Included in the Intel® Composer Bundles?

Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Intel® Composer products combine one or more Intel® compilers with the Intel® Performance Libraries to provide you with an ideal combination of tools for creating high-performance multi-threaded applications. See Getting Intel® IPP from stand-alone version or bundled products? for details regarding which software development products contain the Intel IPP libary and visit the Intel Software Products home page for a complete list of software development tools available from Intel.

The tables below outline which versions of the Intel IPP, Intel MKL and Intel TBB libraries are included as part of the Intel Composer bundles. For a list of which versions of these libraries are included in the former Intel Compiler Pro products, please read Which version of Intel IPP, Intel MKL and Intel TBB is installed by the Intel® Compiler Professional Edition?

Intel® Parallel Composer (and Intel® Parallel Studio) - Windows*

Intel Composer Edition	Intel C++ Compiler Version	Intel IPP Version	Intel MKL Version	Intel TBB Version
2011 update 10	12.1.4	7.0.7	n/a	4.0.4
2011 update 9	12.1.3	7.0.6	n/a	4.0.3
2011 update 8	12.1.2	7.0.6	n/a	4.0.2
2011 update 7	12.1.1	7.0.5	n/a	4.0.1
2011 update 6	12.1.0	7.0.5	n/a	4.0.0
2011 update 5	12.0.5	7.0.4	n/a	3.0.8
2011 update 4	12.0.4	7.0.4	n/a	3.0.7
2011 update 3	12.0.3	7.0.3	n/a	3.0.6
2011 update 2	12.0.2	7.0.2	n/a	3.0.5
2011 update 1	12.0.1	7.0.1a	n/a	3.0.4
2011	12.0.0	7.0.0	n/a	3.0.2

Intel® Composer XE (and Intel® Parallel Studio XE) - Windows* and Linux*

Intel Composer XE Edition	Intel C++ Compiler XE Version	Intel IPP Version	Intel MKL Version	Intel TBB Version
2011 update 10	12.1.4	7.0.7	10.3.10	4.0.4
2011 update 9	12.1.3	7.0.6	10.3.9	4.0.3
2011 update 8	12.1.2	7.0.6	10.3.8	4.0.2
2011 update 7	12.1.1	7.0.5	10.3.7	4.0.1
2011 update 6	12.1.0	7.0.5	10.3.6	4.0.0
2011 update 5	12.0.5	7.0.4	10.3.5	3.0.8
2011 update 4	12.0.4	7.0.4	10.3.4	3.0.7
2011 update 3	12.0.3	7.0.3	10.3.3	3.0.6
2011 update 2	12.0.2	7.0.2	10.3.2	3.0.5
2011 update 1	12.0.1	7.0.1a	10.3.1	3.0.4
2011	12.0.0	7.0.1	10.3.0	3.0.3

Intel® C++ Composer XE (and Intel® C++ Studio XE) - Windows*, Linux* and Mac* OS X

Intel C++ Composer XE Edition	Intel C++ Compiler XE Version	Intel IPP Version	Intel MKL Version	Intel TBB Version
2011 update 10	12.1.4	7.0.7	10.3.10	4.0.4
2011 update 9	12.1.3	7.0.6	10.3.9	4.0.3
2011 update 8	12.1.2	7.0.6	10.3.8	4.0.2
2011 update 7	12.1.1	7.0.5	10.3.7	4.0.1
2011 update 6	12.1.0	7.0.5	10.3.6	4.0.0
2011 update 5	12.0.5	7.0.4	10.3.5	3.0.8
2011 update 4	12.0.4	7.0.4	10.3.4	3.0.7
2011 update 3	12.0.3	7.0.3	10.3.3	3.0.6
2011 update 2	12.0.2	7.0.2	10.3.2	3.0.5
2011 update 1	12.0.1	7.0.1a	10.3.1	3.0.4
2011	12.0.0	7.0.1	10.3.0	3.0.3

Intel® [Visual] Fortran Composer XE (and Intel® Parallel Studio XE) - Windows*, Linux* & Mac* OS X

Intel Fortran Composer XE Edition	Intel Fortran Compiler XE Version	Intel IPP Version	Intel MKL Version	Intel TBB Version
2011 update 10	12.1.4	n/a	10.3.10	n/a
2011 update 9	12.1.3	n/a	10.3.9	n/a
2011 update 8	12.1.2	n/a	10.3.8	n/a
2011 update 7	12.1.1	n/a	10.3.7	n/a
2011 update 6	12.1.0	n/a	10.3.6	n/a
2011 update 5	12.0.5	n/a	10.3.5	n/a
2011 update 4	12.0.4	n/a	10.3.4	n/a
2011 update 3	12.0.3	n/a	10.3.3	n/a
2011 update 2	12.0.2	n/a	10.3.2	n/a
2011 update 1	12.0.1	n/a	10.3.1	n/a
2011	12.0.0	n/a	10.3.0	n/a

Is Intel® MKL stand-alone version similar to the Professional Edition version?

Fri, 05 Nov 2010 07:30:00 -0700

The Intel® Math Kernel Library (Intel® MKL) is available as a stand-alone version as well a sub-component in various Intel® Software Development Products:

Intel® Parallel Studio XE 2011

Intel® Composer XE for Windows* (formerly Intel® Compiler Suite Professional Edition for Windows)
Intel® C++ Composer XE for Windows (formerly Intel® C++ Compiler Professional Edition for Windows)
Intel® C++ Studio XE for Windows (New: includes Intel C++ Compiler, Intel IPP, Intel MKL, Intel TBB, Intel® Parallel Debugger Extension, Intel® VTune^TM Amplifier XE and Intel® Inspector XE)
Intel® Fortran Composer XE for Windows (formerly Intel® Fortran Compiler Professional Edition for Windows)
Intel® Parallel Studio XE for Windows (New: includes Intel C++ Compiler, Intel IPP, Intel MKL, Intel TBB, Intel® Parallel Debugger Extension, Intel® VTune^TM Amplifier XE and Intel® Inspector XE)
Intel® Composer XE for Linux* (formerly Intel® Compiler Suite Professional Edition for Linux)
Intel® C++ Composer XE for Linux (formerly Intel® C++ Compiler Professional Edition for Linux)
Intel® C++ Studio XE for Linux (New: includes Intel C++ Compiler, Intel IPP, Intel MKL, Intel TBB, Intel® Debugger, Intel® VTune^TM Amplifier XE and Intel® Inspector XE)
Intel® Fortran Composer XE for Linux (formerly Intel® Fortran Compiler Professional Edition for Linux)
Intel® Parallel Studio XE for Linux (New: includes Intel C++ Compiler, Intel IPP, Intel MKL, Intel TBB, Intel® Debugger, Intel® VTune^TM Amplifier XE and Intel® Inspector XE)
Intel® Composer XE for Mac OS* X (formerly Intel® Compiler Suite Professional Edition for Mac OS* X)
Intel® C++ Composer XE for Mac OS* X (formerly Intel® C++ Compiler Professional Edition for Mac OS X)
Intel® Fortran Composer XE for Mac OS* X (formerly Intel® Fortran Compiler Professional Edition for Mac OS X)

Intel® Cluster Toolkit

Intel® Cluster Toolkit for Window*
Intel® Cluster Toolkit for Linux*
Intel® Cluster Studio (formerly Intel® Cluster Toolkit Compiler Edition for Window*)
Intel® Cluster Studio (formerly Intel® Cluster Toolkit Compiler Edition for Linux*)

Intel® Math Kernel Library (Intel® MKL) Standalone Products

Intel Math Kernel Library for Windows*
Intel Math Kernel Library for Linux*

The Intel MKL standalone version is identical to the version contained in the various bundled Intel Software Products. Refer to this article to determine which exact Intel MKL version is contained in the Intel Professional Edition Compilers and Intel Parallel Composer.

There is no standalone Intel MKL for Mac OS* X, it is only available Intel® Composer XE for Mac OS* X. Please refer this article for more details.

How do I download my software product files?

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 23:00:00 -0700

To download your Intel software product files, follow the steps below:

1. Login to Intel's Registration Center at https://registrationcenter.intel.com/

2. From the list of your products displayed, go to the entry for the desired product and click on the version number in the "Downloads" column.

3. Use the dropdown lists to select the Version and Minor update version you want to download, remembering that the highest numbered Version and the highest numbered minor update for that Version is the most recent release.

Please note that you must have an active product license to download and install the newest versions of the associated product. For licenses that have expired Support, you may only download and install older product versions that have a Build Date on or before the Support Expiration date for your product license. As soon as you register a renewal license to extend your product license so it has a Support Expiration date in the future, you will again be able to download and install all newer versions of the product.

4. After reviewing the description of the files available for the package, click on the hyperlink for each file you wish to download.

5. You can usually reduce the amount of time for downloading software product files by selecting the option for using a Download Manager. Please ensure you have enough disk space on your system for the product files, and write permission to the directory where the product files will be saved.

If you encounter any problems with downloading your product files, please contact Technical Support

Intel® FLEXlm* License Borrowing Capability

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 22:00:00 -0700

Overview

This feature allows users to ‘borrow” a license seat from the license host server for a limited time, disconnect from the network and use the borrowed license even with no connection to the license server. This is very useful in case you want to use the software offline.

Required Information

To use the license borrow functionality for Intel floating product licenses, customers need to ensure they have the following items:

1) A build of the Intel® License Manager for FLEXlm* (for the desired OS) that supports the Borrow capability:

a) Users need to make sure that they are using a build of Intel FLEXlm* License Manager which supports borrowing
and early return of borrowed licenses.

b) We recommend the customer download and install one of the free license manager servers available at the
following website link:
http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/performance-tools-for-software-developers-intel-flexlm-license-servers/

2) A license file which has the keyword BORROW in it:

a) Licenses for Intel® Software Development Products with version 2011 have the BORROW feature with a BORROW period of 7 days enabled by default.

b) To obtain a borrow-enabled license for a multi-seat floating product license with a version older than 2011, please   submit an issue to Intel® Premier Support at https://premier.intel.com/ under product 'Download, Licensing and Registration'.

3) A single server configuration for the license server. The redundant triad server configuration currently does not support license borrowing.

Steps for starting the FLEXlm* License Manager (Server) for using the Borrow feature

(1) Start the license server using the new borrow-enabled license file(s).

(2) Check the log for the Intel® FLEXlm* License Server and make sure that it does not complain about BORROW keyword in the license file.

• By default, the log file location on Windows* is: %ProgramFiles%\Common Files\Intel\FLEXlm
• By default, the log file location on Linux* and Mac OS* X is the same where FLEXlm server has been installed

A typical log file when FLEXlm Server has started successfully looks like the following:

14:00:31 (lmgrd) US Patents 5,390,297 and 5,671,412.
14:00:31 (lmgrd) World Wide Web: http://www.macrovision.com
14:00:31 (lmgrd) License file(s): server.lic
14:00:31 (lmgrd) lmgrd tcp-port 28518
14:00:31 (lmgrd) Starting vendor daemons ...
14:00:31 (lmgrd) Started INTEL (internet tcp_port 35860 pid 9309)
14:00:31 (INTEL) FLEXlm version 9.23
14:00:31 (INTEL) Server started on LicenseServer for:
14:00:31 (INTEL) I3F97C15E (consisting of:   ArBBL
14:00:31 (INTEL) CCompL    DbgL    FCompL
14:00:31 (INTEL) MKernL    PerfAnl    PerfPrimL
14:00:31 (INTEL) StaticAnlL    ThreadAnlGui    ThreadBB)

Client System Setup for the Borrow feature (Application Setup)

NOTE: The term “Client” refers to the application that uses Intel FLEXlm floating license seat check-out and check-in.

1) Download the lmutil for your operating system and architecture from http://www.globes.com/support/fnp_utilities_download.htm.

2) If you are not able to download the lmutil from the website above, work with your Intel Support team contact (or submit an issue to Premier Support at https://premier.intel.com/) for access to lmutil, and have the information about your Operating System, OS Version and Architecture (IA-32, Intel® 64 and/or IA-64[Intel® Itanium®]).

3) Verify that no Intel product components’ license seats (i.e., Compiler Professional Edition, Vtune, etc.) can be borrowed by running the following command. If you see any information that indicates one or more features/components were borrowed, then borrowing has already been enabled for those licensed features/components. Here is an example of output when no borrowing is enabled.

lmutil lmborrow -status

Example:
lmutil lmborrow -status
lmutil - Copyright (c) 1989-2009 by Macrovision Corporation. All rights reserved.

4) Configure the borrow duration and FLEXlm feature to be borrowed:

lmutil lmborrow INTEL dd-mmm-yyyy:[time] -c

Example:
lmutil lmborrow INTEL 06-Oct-2011 CCompL -c server.lic

where,
server.lic is the license file which was used to start the server. It should be noted that license borrowing will fail if the license file on the client side is different than the one which was used to start the server.

The command above borrows a “featurename” called CCompL (Intel® C++ Compiler for Linux*) from the vendor INTEL until 6th Oct 2011 using the license file server.lic

NOTE: The time specified on command line of lmborrow is the end date/time the user planned to borrow, which must be <= 168 hours, which is the maximum borrow period. If the user wants to borrow the license seat for only 1 or 2 days, the corresponding date/time for that period should be set.
Users cannot borrow a license seat for more than the 168 hour barrier that is set in the license file and in the license server logic. If an extended borrow time is required, please submit an issue to Intel® Premier Support at https://premier.intel.com/ under product 'Download, Licensing and Registartion' providing a jsutification of why you need to extend the borrow time beyond 7 days.

After running this command, the customer should see the following:

lmutil - Copyright (c) 1989-2004 by Macrovision Corporation. All rights reserved.
Setting LM_BORROW=3-oct-2011:INTEL:06-oct-2011:CCompL

5) If the above steps are successful, you are now ready to borrow a seat by running the client application (e.g. – Composer XE, Vtune Amplifier XE, Inspector XE, etc). The FLEXlm feature will be borrowed when you run the client/application and a successful check-out happens. As soon as the first license is checked out, the server log file will confirm the borrowed feature with the following message in the log file:

14:35:14 (INTEL) OUT: "I3F97C15E" User1@Host1
14:35:14 (INTEL) OUT: "CCompL" User1@Host1

Note that there are no corresponding IN entries in the server log. This is different behavior than a normal check-out where corresponding to every two OUT entries in the server log file, you will also see two IN entries after the OUT entries after the application exits.

6) Verify that the FLEXlm product feature was really borrowed by running the following command on the client system:

lmutil lmborrow –status

Example for borrowing a seat for the Intel C++ Compiler for Linux*:

lmutil lmborrow –status
lmutil - Copyright (c) 1989-2004 by Macrovision Corporation. All rights reserved.

Vendor Feature Expiration
______ ________ __________

INTEL CCompL 6-Oct-11 23:59

NOTE: Before the Borrow period expires, the product will always get the license from the local storage for the Borrowed license seat when it tries to check-out license. The Client system on which the product is used does not need to be attached to FLEXlm* license host server.

7) Disconnect the client system from the server network. Now with the borrowed license, you can use the software application with the borrowed license.

NOTE: After the Borrow period expires, the product license seat will no longer to be able to check-out the license from local storage. Instead, the client system must be “attached” to the FLEXlm* license host server to check-out a product license seat.

8) Run the following command to return a borrowed license:

lmutil lmborrow -return -c server.lic featurename

Example:
lmutil lmborrow -return -c server.lic CCompL
lmutil - Copyright (c) 1989-2009 by Macrovision Corporation. All rights reserved.

On the FLEXlm server side, you will see the following message in the log file for the borrowed feature which was returned. This message is different compared to a normal check-in.

14:40:17 (INTEL) REMOVING User1@Host1:/dev/pts/0 from CCompL by administrator request.

14:40:17 (INTEL) IN: "CCompL" User1@Host1 (USER_REMOVED)
14:40:17 (INTEL) IN: "I3F97C15E" User1@Host1 (USER_REMOVED)

9) Run the following command to verify that the license was returned successfully back to the server:

lmutil lmborrow -status

Example:
./lmutil lmborrow -status
lmutil - Copyright (c) 1989-2009 by Macrovision Corporation. All rights reserved.

Note: If you try to return a license which has not been borrowed, you will see a message like this:

./lmutil lmborrow -return -c server.lic CCompL
lmutil - Copyright (c) 1989-2009 by Macrovision Corporation. All rights reserved.
Error: CCompL not currently borrowed.

Intel® Math Kernel Library 10.3 Beta

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 07:30:00 -0700

Click here to register and download

Intel MKL 10.3 beta is available now, your feedback is critical to the success of our product. We are especially interested in your feedback on the key features listed below. We also encourage you to send us feedback about our beta programs, web site and support services.

New Key features:

• Intel^® Advanced Vector Extensions (Intel AVX) optimization

Intel AVX is the next step in the evolution of Intel processors. Intel AVX optimization has been extended to more MKL functions to get better performance on future Intel architecture.

• Summary Statistics library

An optimized parallel library that uses recent advances of statistics by providing modern algorithms that enhance accuracy and performance of statistical computations.

• Extended MKL C language support

o C interface to LAPACK
o C style 0-based index arrays in PARDISO

• Dynamic interface libraries for Windows

New dynamic interface libraries have been added for improved linkage from C# or Java on Windows.

• Routine Level mode controls in VML

Users can now control or set the accuracy for each function separately in VML with a new argument in each function

• New symmetric matrix-vector product BLAS routine in blocked storage

Directory Changes in the Intel® MKL 10.3 Beta
List of bugs fixed in this release

Registration and Download:

1. Review the Intel^® MKL 10.3 Beta system requirements at the end of this document.

2. Click here to begin the registration process.

3. Provide a valid email address. Installation information will be sent to your email account.

4. Click the Submit button to obtain a serial number and the URL to download the beta copy.

Additional Documents

Link to documents	Description
Installation Guide	This document explains how to install and configure for use the Intel^® MKL 10.3 Beta product. Installation is a multi-step process. Please read this document in its entirety before beginning and follow the steps in sequence.
Getting Started Guide	To get started using the library and to find information on APIs and building an application with Intel^® MKL.
Release Notes	This document provides system requirements, installation instructions, issues and limitations, and legal information.

Beta Support and feedback:

Submit problem reports, usage questions and general feedback to Intel MKL User Forum, this forum is exclusively to discuss Intel^® MKL related information with other developers and Intel engineers.

At the end of beta program a survey will be sent out to all participants. The survey will ask questions about your target platform, new feature usage, Intel MKL product quality and documentation.

Intel® MKL 10.3 System Requirements

Mon, 24 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Please see the following links available online for the latest information regarding the Intel® Math Kernel Library (Intel® MKL):

Links to documentation and help can be found on the main Intel MKL product page. For technical support visit the Intel MKL technical support forum and review the articles in the Intel MKL knowledgebase.

Please register your product using your preferred email address. This helps Intel recognize you as a valued customer in the support forum and insures that you will be notified of product updates. You can read Intel's Online Privacy Notice Summary if you have any questions regarding the use of your email address for software product registration.

Hardware System Requirements

The following minimum system requirements are needed for a standalone installation of Intel MKL.

Intel MKL for IA-32 Hardware Requirements:

A system with an IA-32 processor supporting the Intel® Streaming SIMD Extensions.
1600MB of free hard disk space, plus an additional 300MB during installation for download and temporary files.

Intel MKL for Intel® 64 Hardware Requirements:

A system with an Intel 64 architecture processor supporting the Intel® Streaming SIMD Extensions.
1700MB of free hard disk space, plus an additional 600MB during installation for download and temporary files.

Operating System Requirements

The Intel MKL 10.3 release supports the IA-32 and Intel 64 architectures. For a complete explanation of these architecture names please read the following article:

Intel Architecture Platform Terminology for Development Tools

The lists below pertain only to the system requirements necessary to support developing applications with Intel MKL. Please review your compiler (gcc*, Microsoft* Visual Studio* or Intel® Compiler Pro) hardware and software system requirements, in the documentation provided with that product, to determine the minimum development system requirements necessary to support your compiler product.

Supported operating systems

Windows 7* (IA-32/Intel® 64) - Note: SP1 is required for use of Intel® AVX instructions
Windows Server* 2008 (IA-32/Intel® 64)
Windows Vista* (IA-32/Intel® 64)
Windows Server* 2003 (IA-32/Intel® 64)
Windows XP (IA-32)
Windows XP Pro x64 Edition (Intel® 64)
Windows Compute Cluster Server* 2003 (Intel® 64)
Red Hat* Enterprise Linux* 4, 5, 6 (IA-32 / Intel® 64)
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server* 9 (for Intel MKL 10.3 - Intel MKL 10.3 update 3), 10, 11 (IA-32 / Intel® 64)
Red Hat Fedora* core 12, 13, 15 (for Intel MKL 10.3 update 4 and later) (IA-32 / Intel® 64)
Debian* GNU/Linux 4&5 (for Intel MKL 10.3 - Intel MKL 10.3 update 3) , 6 (IA-32 / Intel® 64)
Ubuntu* 9 (for Intel MKL 10.3 - Intel MKL 10.3 update 3), 10.04, 11.04 (for Intel MKL 10.3 update 4 and later) (IA-32 / Intel® 64)
Asianux* Server 3 (IA-32 / Intel® 64)
Turbolinux* 11 (IA-32 / Intel® 64)

Note: Intel® MKL is expected to work on many more Linux distributions as well. Let us know if you have trouble with the distribution you use.

Supported C/C++ and Fortran compilers for Windows*:

Intel® Visual Fortran Composer XE for Windows*
Intel® Visual Fortran Compiler 11.1 for Windows*
Intel® C++ Composer XE for Windows*
Intel® C++ Compiler 11.1 for Windows*
Microsoft Visual Studio* 2010 — help file and environment integration
Microsoft Visual Studio* 2008 — help file and environment integration
Microsoft Visual Studio* 2005 Team Suite Edition — help file and environment integration
Microsoft Windows* SDK for Windows* 7 (Intel® 64)
Microsoft Windows* Software Development Kit Update for Windows Vista* (Intel® 64)
Microsoft Windows Server* 2003 R2 Platform SDK (Intel® 64)
Microsoft Windows* Software Development Kit for Windows Server* 2008
PGI* Workstation Complete version 10.8

Supported C/C++ and Fortran compilers for Linux*:

Intel® Fortran Composer XE for Linux*
Intel® Fortran Compiler 11.1 for Linux*
Intel® C++ Composer XE for Linux*
Intel® C++ Compiler 11.1 for Linux*
GNU Compiler Collection 4.4.0 and later
PGI* Workstation Complete version 10.8

MPI implementations that Intel® MKL for Windows* has been validated against:

Intel® MPI Library Version 3.1, 3.2.x, and 4.0 on IA-32 and Intel® 64 (http://www.intel.com/go/mpi)
MPICH2 version 1.x.x (http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/mpi/mpich)
MS MPI, CCE or HPC 2008 on Intel® 64 (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads)

MPI implementations that Intel® MKL for Linux* has been validated against:

Intel® MPI Library Version 3.0, 3.1, 3.2.x, and 4.0 (http://www.intel.com/go/mpi)
MPICH2 version 1.3.2p1 (http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/mpi/mpich)
Open MPI 1.4.3 (http://www.open-mpi.org)
SGI* MPT on Intel® 64 (http://www.sgi.com/products/software/mpt/)

Note: Usage of MPI and linking instructions can be found in the User's Guide in the doc directory of Intel MKL.

Other tools supported for use with example source code:

uBLAS examples: Boost C++ library, version 1.x.x
JAVA examples: J2SE* SDK 1.4.2, JDK 5.0 and 6.0 from Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Note: Parts of Intel® MKL have Fortran interfaces, and data structures, while other parts have C interfaces and C data structures. The User Guide in the doc directory contains advice on how to link to Intel® MKL with different compilers and from different programming languages.

Intel® MKL 10.3 Release Notes

Mon, 24 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Please see the following links available online for the latest information regarding the Intel MKL library:

Links to documentation, help, and code samples can be found on the main Intel MKL product page. For technical support visit the Intel MKL technical support forum and review the articles in the Intel MKL knowledgebase. When using Intel MKL for the first time the Link Line Advisor can be particularly helpful for finding the right libraries to link.

What's New in Intel® MKL 10.3 update 10

BLAS: Improved dznrm2 and dnrm2 performance for 32-bit programs supporting Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (Intel® AVX)
LAPACK: Introduced support for LAPACK version 3.4.0
FFT: Added Intel AVX optimizations for 1D/2D/3D transforms on Mac OS* X
Data Fitting: Improved performance of SearchCells1D() function on Intel® Xeon® E7-4870 and E5-2690 processors for:
- Arbitrary non-uniform and quasi-uniform partitions where the number of interpolation sites are greater than 32
- All types of partitions where the number of interpolation sites is fewer than 32
Bug fixes

What's New in Intel® MKL 10.3 update 9

LAPACK: Improved [C/Z]GEEV performance for very small sizes (~10x10)
FFTs: Threaded the real in-place 1D FFTs for a significant increase in performance
FFTs: Introduced new algorithms for improved scalability of power-of-2 double-precision complex 1D FFTs on Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 series systems running 32-bit operating systems
Random number Generators: added support for a non-deterministic random number generator based on the RdRand instruction and supporting hardware available in processors based on the Intel codename "Ivy Bridge" microarchitecture
Vector Math Functions: improved performance of the Erf() and Pow3o2() functions on Intel® Core™ processors
Data Fitting: Improved performance of routines for spline-based evaluation, differentiation, and integration on Intel Xeon 5600 and 7500 series and Intel Core i7-2600 series processors
Introduced support for version 11.10 of the PGI* C and Fortran compilers
Bug fixes

What's New in Intel® MKL 10.3 update 8

Data Fitting component: Added a set of new data fitting functions covering one-dimensional algorithms for vector spline construction, cell or bin search, and evaluation, differentiation, and integration of the spline interpolants. Includes support for:
- Linear, quadratic, cubic, step-wise const, and user-defined splines
- Cell search with configuration parameters for optimal performance
- User-defined interpolation and extrapolation
- Vector-valued functions
- Column- and row-major storage formats
Sparse BLAS: Improved compressed sparse row matrix-vector multiply (?CSRMV) performance for very sparse matrices on high core counts supporting Intel Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
FFTs: Improved the performance of the 1D double precision FFTs on systems supporting Intel AVX
Statistics functions: Improved the performance and scalability for computing the Variance-Covariance and Correlation matrices (FAST method) on Intel® Core processors
Added a Microsoft* Visual Studio* project tool for building custom DLLs from static library files
Bug fixes

What's New in Intel® MKL 10.3 update 7

BLAS: Improved DSYRK/SSYRK threaded performance for small output matrices and large outer products (i.e., rectangular input matrices), on all recent Intel® Xeon® processors
BLAS: Improved ?GEMM performance for small problems (<10) where beta =1 on all recent Intel Xeon processors
BLAS: Improved DSCAL performance for small problems and for cases where INCX=1 on 32-bit programs running on Intel Xeon processors 5500, 5600, and 7500 series
BLAS-like extensions: Improved threading and cache utilization of in-place transposition of square matrices
PARDISO: Introduced an independent threading control for PARDISO; use MKL_DOMAIN_PARDISO with the mkl_domain_set_num_threads() function
Poisson Library: Added support for 2D and 3D periodic boundary conditions
Included the Link Line Advisor in the documentation directory
Added a command line link tool for use with scripting tools such as libtool
Added C header files with stdcall prototypes for functions in the following components: BLAS, Sparse BLAS, LAPACK, PARDISO/DSS, RCI Iterative Solvers, Vector Mathematical Functions, Vector Statistical Functions, and the support functions
Changed the names of constants used to specify the domain in the mkl_domain_set_num_threads() function (e.g., MKL_BLAS has becomes MKL_DOMAIN_BLAS); the old names still exist with the exception of MKL_PARDISO
Bug fixes

What's New in Intel® MKL 10.3 update 6

Sparse BLAS: Added a new option to the mkl_?csrbsr converter function allowing detection and removal of zero elements when converting from the BSR format to the CSR format
Changed DLL loading behavior on Windows*: Intel MKL DLLs can no longer be in separate directories on the PATH—they must all be in the same directory with the executable or in a directory specified in the PATH environment variable
Bug fixes

What's New in Intel® MKL 10.3 update 5

BLAS: Improved performance: {S,C,Z}TRSM for processors with Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (Intel® AVX); {S,D}GEM2VU for processors with Intel AVX as well as the Intel® Core™ i7 processor and the Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series
BLAS: Improved scaling: ?TRMV for large matrices on all architectures; DGEMM for odd numbers of threads on Intel® Xeon® processor 5400 series
LAPACK: Included LAPACK 3.3.1 extensions and the respective LAPACKE interfaces
LAPACK: Improved the performance of ?SYGST and ?HEGST used in generalized eigenvalue problems
LAPACK: Improved the performance of the inverse of an LU factored matrix (?GETRI)
PARDISO: Added transpose and conjugate transpose solve capability (A^Tx=b and A^Hx=b); facilitates compressed sparse column (CSC) format support
PARDISO: Improve out-of-core PARDISO performance when the memory requirements slightly exceed available memory using MKL_PARDISO_OOC_MAX_SWAP_SIZE environment variable and in-core PARDISO
Optimization Solvers: Added Inf and NaN checks in the RCI Trust-Region solvers
FFTs: Improved the performance of 3D FFTs on small cubes from 2x2x2 to 10x10x10 for all supported precisions and types on all Intel® processors supporting Intel® SSE3 and later
FFT examples: Re-designed example programs to cover common use cases for Intel MKL DFTI and FFTW
VSL: Improved the performance of the single precision MT19937 and MT2203 basic random number generators on the Intel® Core™ i7-2600 processor on 64-bit operating systems
VSL: Improved the performance of the integer version of the SOBOL quasi-random number generator on the Intel® Core™ i7-2600 processor and Intel® Xeon® processor 5400 series
Bug fixes

What's New in Intel® MKL 10.3 update 4

BLAS: Improved DTRMM performance on Intel® Xeon® processors 5400 and later
BLAS: Improved DTRSM performance on all 64-bit enabled processors, especially processors with Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (Intel® AVX)
LAPACK: Incorporated bug fixes from the LAPACK 3.3.1 release
OOC PARDISO: Improved the estimate of the amount of memory needed in out-of-core operation
FFT: Improved 1D real FFT scaling through improved threading
FFT: Updated C and Fortran FFT examples to use the new single dynamic library linking model
VML: Improved performance of the single precision Enhanced Performance version of the real Hypot and complex Abs functions and of the complex Arg, Div, Mul, MulByConj functions for all accuracy modes on Intel® Xeon® processors 5600 and 7500 series, and the Intel® Core™ i7-2600 processor
Service functions: Improvements and additions to the Intel MKL service functions
- Improved mkl_mem_stat() to gather all memory statistics
- Added new timing functions: mkl_get_max_cpu_frequency() and mkl_get_clocks_frequency()
- Changed mkl_get_cpu_frequency() to return current CPU Frequency in GHz
Bug fixes

What's New in Intel® MKL 10.3 update 3

BLAS: Improved multi-threaded performance of DSYRK, DTRSM, and DGEMM on Intel® Xeon® processor 5400 series running 32-bit Windows*
LAPACK: Implemented LAPACK 3.3 from netlib including Cosine-Sine decomposition, improved linear equations solvers for symmetric and Hermitian matrices and auxiliary functions
PARDISO: 0-based permutation vectors are now allowed at input
PARDISO: Documentation for the pardisoinit() routine
PARDISO: Improved performance of serial PARDISO with multiple right-hand sides (RHS)
PARDISO: Independent control for parallelism in the solve step for improved performance on small matrices—see description of iparm(25)
PARDISO: Reduced backward substitution—allows partial solution computation for a full RHS—see description of iparm(31)
FFT: Implemented Real FFT transforms for 3 to 7 dimensions
FFT: Parallelized multi-dimensional complex transforms using split-complex data represented as two real arrays
Cluster FFTs: Extended FORTRAN 90 interface to real-to-complex transforms and included new examples
VML: Added new complex Pack/Unpack functions and real Gamma/LGamma functions
VML: Improved performance on Intel® Xeon® processor 5600 series and processors supporting Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (Intel® AVX) for the following: all functions when operating on short vectors (<100), all functions when operating on unaligned input vectors, the sPow2o3 function, and the enhanced performance (EP) version of complex Add and Sub
VSL: Functions for saving/restoring random number generator (RNG) streams to/from memory
VSL: Added new UniformBits32 and UniformBits64 functions
VSL: Extended the number of unique streams supported by the MT2203 Basic RNG from 1024 to 6024
Bug fixes

What's New in Intel® MKL 10.3 update 2

BLAS: Improved performance of transposition functions on the Intel® Xeon® processor 5600 series
BLAS: Added examples for transposition routines
FFT: Added Fortran examples showing how to reduce application footprint by linking only functions with the desired precision
FFT: Added check for stride consistency on in-place real transforms with CCE storage
FFT: Expanded threading to new cases for multi-dimensional transforms
VSL: Improved performance of Multivariate Gaussian random number generator for single- and double-precision on 4-core Intel® Xeon® processors 5500 series
VML: Improved performance of in-place operation of Add, Mul, and Sub functions on the Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series
Bug fixes

What's New in Intel® MKL 10.3 update 1

PARDISO/DSS: Added true F90 overloaded API (see the Intel MKL reference manual for more information)
PARDISO: Improved the statistical reporting to be more reader friendly
Sparse BLAS: Improved performance of ?BSRMM functions on Intel® Core™ i7 processors
FFTs: Support for negative strides
FFT examples: Added examples for split-complex FFTs in C and Fortran using both the DFTI and FFTW3 interfaces
VML: Improved performance of real in-place Add/Sub/Mul/Sqr functions on systems supporting SSE2 and SSE3
Poisson Library: Changed the default behavior of the Poisson library functions from sequential to threaded operation
Bug fixes

What's New in the Intel® MKL 10.3

BLAS
- New functions for computing 2 matrix-vector products at once: [D/S]GEM2VU, [Z/C]GEM2VC
- New functions for computing mixed precision general matrix-vector products: [DZ/SC]GEMV
- New function for computing the sum of two scaled vectors: *AXPBY
- Intel® AVX optimizations in key functions: SMP LINPACK, level 3 BLAS, DDOT, DAXPY
LAPACK
- New C interfaces for LAPACK supporting row-major ordering
- Integrated Netlib LAPACK 3.2.2 including one new computational routine (*GEQRFP) and two new auxiliary routines (*GEQR2P and *LARFGP) and the earlier LAPACK 3.2.1 update
- Intel® AVX optimizations in key functions: DGETRF, DPOTRF, DGEQRF
PARDISO
- Improved performance of factor and solve steps in multi-core environments
- Introduced the ability to solve for sparse right-hand sides and perform partial solves—produces partial solution vector
- Improved performance of the out-of-core (OOC) factorization step
- Support for zero-based (C-style) array indexing
- Zeros on the diagonal of the matrix are no longer required in sparse data structures for symmetric matrices
- New ILP64 PARDISO interface allows the use of both LP64 and ILP64 versions when linked to the LP64 libraries
- The memory required for storing files on the disk in OOC mode can now be estimated just after reordering
Sparse BLAS
- Format conversion functions now support all data types (single and double precision for real and complex data) and can return sorted or unsorted arrays
FFTs
- New MPI FFTW 3.3alpha1 wrappers cover new cluster functionality
- Improved load-balancing of cluster FFTs provides improved performance
- Intel AVX optimizations in all 1D/2D/3D FFTs
- Improved performance of 2D and 3D mixed-radix FFTs for single and double precision data for all systems supporting the SSE4.2 instruction set
- Support for split-complex data represented as two real arrays introduced for 2D/3D FFTs
- Support for 1D complex-to-complex transforms of large prime lengths
- Introduced Hybrid parallelism (MPI + OpenMP*) on cluster 1D complex transforms and increased performance on vector lengths which are a multiple of the number of MPI processes
VML
- A new function for computing (ax+b)/(cy+d) where a, b, c, and d are scalars, and x and y are real vectors: v[s/d]LinearFrac()
- Intel AVX optimizations for real functions
- A new mode for setting denormals to zero, overflow support for complex vectors, and for every VML function a new function with an additional parameter for setting the accuracy mode
VSL
- A set of new Summary Statistics functions was added covering basic statistics, covariance and correlation, pooled, group, partial, and robust covariance/correlation, quantiles and streaming quantiles, outliers detection algorithm, and missing values support
  - Performance optimized algorithms: MI algorithm for support of missing values, TBS algorithm for computation of robust covariance, BACON algorithm for detection of outliers, ZW algorithm for computation of quantiles (streaming data case), and 1PASS algorithm for computation of pooled covariance
- Improved performance of SFMT19937 Basic Random Number Generator (BRNG)
- Intel® AVX optimizations: MT19937 and MT2203 BRNGs
Documentation: Product documentation is available in the Microsoft Help Viewer* 1.x format that integrates with Microsoft Visual Studio* 2010
Added runtime dispatching dynamic libraries allowing link to a single interface library which loads dependent libraries dynamically at runtime depending on runtime CPU detection and/or library function calls
The custom dynamic libraries builder now uses the runtime dispatching dynamic libraries on the Linux* and Mac OS* X operating systems
A new directory structure has been established to simplify integration of Intel MKL with the Intel® Parallel Studio XE family of products and directories formerly designated as "em64t" are now designated by the "intel64" tag
Intel® Itanium® architecture (IA-64) support is not included in this release. Intel® MKL 10.2 is the latest release for IA-64
The sparse solver functionality has been fully integrated into the core Intel MKL libraries and the libraries with "solver" in the filename have been removed from the product

Notices

The Intel MKL GNU Multiple Precision* (GMP) function interfaces will be removed in a future library release.
The timing function mkl_set_cpu_frequency() is deprecated. Please use mkl_get_max_cpu_frequency(), mkl_get_clocks_frequency(), and mkl_get_cpu_frequency() as described in the Intel® MKL Reference Manual.
The MKL_PARDISO constant defined to specify the PARDISO domain should no longer be used with the mkl_domain_set_num_threads() function; please use MKL_DOMAIN_PARDISO instead.
Convolution and Correlation routines will not be backward compatible with Intel MKL 10.2 update 3 in a future release.
The OpenMP* static runtime library in Intel MKL for Windows* will be removed in a future library release.

For more information on deprecated features, please see the deprecations knowledgebase article.

Product Contents

The Intel® Math Kernel Library (Intel® MKL) version 10.3 consists of three installation packages: one package for both IA-32 and Intel® 64 architectures, one for IA-32 only, and one for Intel® 64 architecture only.

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Attributions

As referenced in the End User License Agreement, attribution requires, at a minimum, prominently displaying the full Intel product name (e.g. "Intel® Math Kernel Library") and providing a link/URL to the Intel® MKL homepage (http://www.intel.com/software/products/mkl) in both the product documentation and website.

The original versions of the BLAS from which that part of Intel® MKL was derived can be obtained from http://www.netlib.org/blas/index.html.

The original versions of LAPACK from which that part of Intel® MKL was derived can be obtained from http://www.netlib.org/lapack/index.html. The authors of LAPACK are E. Anderson, Z. Bai, C. Bischof, S. Blackford, J. Demmel, J. Dongarra, J. Du Croz, A. Greenbaum, S. Hammarling, A. McKenney, and D. Sorensen. Our FORTRAN 90/95 interfaces to LAPACK are similar to those in the LAPACK95 package at http://www.netlib.org/lapack95/index.html. All interfaces are provided for pure procedures.

The original versions of ScaLAPACK from which that part of Intel® MKL was derived can be obtained from http://www.netlib.org/scalapack/index.html. The authors of ScaLAPACK are L. S. Blackford, J. Choi, A. Cleary, E. D'Azevedo, J. Demmel, I. Dhillon, J. Dongarra, S. Hammarling, G. Henry, A. Petitet, K. Stanley, D. Walker, and R. C. Whaley.

PARDISO in Intel® MKL is compliant with the 3.2 release of PARDISO that is freely distributed by the University of Basel. It can be obtained at http://www.pardiso-project.org.

Some FFT functions in this release of Intel® MKL have been generated by the SPIRAL software generation system (http://www.spiral.net/) under license from Carnegie Mellon University. The Authors of SPIRAL are Markus Puschel, Jose Moura, Jeremy Johnson, David Padua, Manuela Veloso, Bryan Singer, Jianxin Xiong, Franz Franchetti, Aca Gacic, Yevgen Voronenko, Kang Chen, Robert W. Johnson, and Nick Rizzolo.

Intel® MKL 10.3 Install Guide

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Please see the following links available online for the latest information regarding the Intel® Math Kernel Library (Intel® MKL):

Introduction

These instructions assume a standalone installation of Intel MKL. If your copy of Intel MKL was included as part of one of our "suite products" (e.g., Intel® Visual Fortran Composer XE ) your installation procedure may be different than that described below; in which case, please refer to the readme and installation guides for your "suite product" for specific installation details. A table outlining which version of Intel MKL is included in each of our suite products is available here. You can also install the standalone version of Intel MKL alongside these other products, using the instructions below.

Note: this version of Intel MKL is installed as a component of the Intel Composer XE products, meaning that the directory structure of Intel MKL has been combined with that of the compiler. Intel MKL no longer has a distinct installation directory, it is located in a subdirectory of the Compiler's main directory.

Before installing Intel MKL, check the Product Downloads section of Intel® Registration Center to see if a newer version of the library is available. The version included on your CD or listed in your electronic download license letter may not be the most current version available.

If you have a previous version of Intel MKL installed you do not need to uninstall it before installing a new version. If you choose to uninstall the older version, you may do so at any time.

Intel MKL Library Directory Layout

The default installation directory for a standalone installation of Intel MKL is:

Windows: C:\Program Files\Intel\ComposerXE-2011\mkl\
Linux: /opt/intel/composerxe-2011/mkl/

In the text that follows, refers to the primary processor architecture, such as ia32 or intel64 and refers to the Intel MKL installation directory. Additionally, substitute a '/' below for the '\' if your system is a Linux* or Mac OS* X system.

Within the Intel MKL root installation directory you will find a collection of subdirectories.

\bin\\ The bin directory contains scripts recommended for configuring the environment for the purpose of building the library and or library components.

\include\ The include directory contains the interface files defining data types and function prototypes for Intel MKL. See the getting started page for more information.

\lib\\ The lib directories contain the actual library files that you must link against when building your Intel MKL application. These include the Intel MKL static library files and the stub library files needed to build applications that link with the Intel MKL dynamic or shared library files. This library does not contain the dynamic library files you need to redistribute with your application if you choose to link against the shared library files, those files are stored elsewhere (see below).

\tools\ The tools directories contain tools that are useful, but not necessary, to facilitate building Intel MKL applications.

\benchmarks\ The benchmarks directory contains the Intel® Optimized LINPACK and Intel® Optimized MP LINPACK benchmark for clusters. They are also available as a separate download.

\interfaces\ The interfaces directories contain alternate interfaces for high-level languages or for compatibility with other libraries.

\examples\ The examples directories contain alternate interfaces for high-level languages or for compatibility with other libraries.

\..\redist\\mkl\ The Intel MKL redist directory contains those Intel MKL dynamic libraries that you may distribute with your Intel MKL application when linking against the shared libraries. (Note the ..\ directory reference; the redist directory is located outside of the normal mkl directory.)

\..\redist\\compiler\ The common compiler redist directory contains additional dynamic libraries that you may need to distribute with your Intel MKL application when linking against the shared libraries. In particular, the Intel MKL library utilizes the Intel OpenMP library to implement multi-threading, and those OpenMP library files can be found in this directory.

Other optional or informational directories may also be present in the directory.

Installing Intel MKL on a Microsoft* Windows* System

You can install multiple versions of Intel MKL and any combination of 32-bit and 64-bit variations of the library on your development system. Each standalone installation of Intel MKL includes the full set of SIMD microarchitectures supported by Intel MKL.

These instructions assume you to have an internet connection. The installation program will automatically download a license key to your system. If you do not have an internet connection, see the manual installation instruction section below.

If you received the Intel MKL product on CD-ROM, inserting the CD into your CD-ROM drive should automatically start the setup program. If the setup program does not start, locate the file named setup.exe on the CD and double-click it.
If you received the Intel MKL product as a download, double-click on the downloaded file to begin.
You will be asked to choose an installation directory ("C:\Program Files\Intel\Downloads" by default) in which the contents of the self-extracting setup file will be placed before the actual library installation begins. After installation is complete, these install files will still be located in this directory. (You can safely remove the files in this "downloads" directory if you need to free up disk space; however, deleting these files will impact your ability to change your installation options at a later time using the add/remove applet, you will always be able to uninstall.)
Click Next when the installation wizard appears.
If you agree with the End User License Agreement, click Next to accept the license agreement.
License Activation Options:
a) If you do have an Internet connection, skip this step and proceed to the next numbered step (below).
b) If you do not have an Internet connection, or require a floating or counted license installation, choose Advanced Activation and click Next; there will be two options to choose from:
- I want to use another computer with internet access to activate my license.
Choosing this option will take you through four steps for "Remote Activation."
- I want to use a license file to activate my software.
Choosing this option will cause you to skip the next step.
Enter your serial number to activate and install the product.
Activation completed. Click Next to continue.
Choose an install location. The default directory is "C:\Program Files\Intel". Click Next to continue.
Select the components to be installed and click Next to continue.
Installation of Intel MKL will begin.
When the installation has completed you will be prompted to Finish by an Installation Complete message.

License File Installation for Windows

If you have an evaluation license and decide to upgrade to a commercial license, you must complete the following steps after obtaining the commercial serial number:

Replace your evaluation license file (.lic file) with the commercial license file you received in the license file directory (the default license directory is "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Intel\Licenses").
Register the new serial number at https://registrationcenter.intel.com.
Re-installation of Intel MKL is not required.

Uninstalling Intel MKL for Windows*

To uninstall Intel MKL, select Add or Remove Programs from the Control Panel and locate the version of Intel MKL you wish to uninstall.

Uninstalling Intel MKL will not delete any corresponding license files.

Installing Intel MKL on a Linux* System

These instructions use the IA-32 package as an example. These instructions are the same for all packages other than the names of the packages and directories.

Unpack the Intel MKL package in a directory to which you have write access:
> tar zxvf l_mkl_p_10.3.x.yyy_ia32.tgz
Run the installation script in the directory where the tar file was extracted and follow the instructions in the dialog screens that are presented:
> cd l_mkl_p_10.3.x.yyy_ia32
> ./install.sh
You will be prompted to read the EULA which you can accept or decline. You must accept the EULA to complete the installation.
If you are not logged in as root, you will be asked if you want to install as root (which will update the system RPM database) or install not as root (which won't use the system RPM database). Use the non-root install if you wish to install in a private location.
The install script checks your system and displays any optional and critical prerequisites necessary for a successful install. You should resolve all critical issues before continuing the installation. Optional issues can be skipped, but it is strongly recommended that you fix all issues before continuing with the installation.
The install may prompt you to specify install paths and/or press Enter to proceed.
At the end of the installation you will be prompted to register with Intel Premier Support. Please follow the instructions provided. If you do not wish to register at this time, press q and Enter to finish.

Linux* Installation Warning Notes

RPM 4.0.2 cannot install to a non-default directory. This has been resolved in RPM 4.0.3.
RPM 4.1 cannot install to a non-default directory. This has been resolved in RPM 4.11 thru 4.2.

License File Installation for Linux*

If you have an evaluation license and decide to upgrade to a commercial license, you must complete the following steps after obtaining the commercial serial number:

Replace your evaluation license file (.lic file) with the commercial license file you received in the license file directory (the default license directory is /opt/intel/licenses).
Register the new serial number at https://registrationcenter.intel.com.
Re-installation of Intel MKL is not required.

Uninstalling Intel MKL for Linux*

If you installed as root, you will need to log in as root.

To uninstall Intel MKL run the uninstall script: /uninstall.sh.

If you installed in the default directory, use:
> /opt/intel/composerxe-2011.x.yyy/mkl/[ia32 | intel64t ]/uninstall.sh

Uninstalling Intel MKL will not delete your license file(s).

Obtaining Technical Support

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For information about Intel MKL—FAQ's, tips and tricks, users forums, and other support information—please visit the Intel MKL Support Website. For general product support please visit http://www.intel.com/software/products/support/.

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Intel® Math Kernel Library – LINPACK Download

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Download the Intel® Optimized LINPACK Benchmark and the Intel® Optimized MP LINPACK Benchmark for Clusters packages from the table below.

Package	Download Size	Package Contents
Package	Download Size	Intel Optimized LINPACK Benchmark		Intel Optimized MP LINPACK Benchmark for Clusters
		Source	Binary	Source	Binary
Linux* package (.tgz)	14 MB		X	X	X
Windows* package (.zip)	7 MB		X	X	X
Mac OS* package (.tgz)	2 MB		X

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