2.9 Lecture: Introduction to HPC Linear Algebra Libraries & BLAS

One of the reasons for NumPy performance is the usage of HPC C and Fortran libraries.

To find out which HPC libraries your NumPy installation uses, you can perform:

>>> import numpy as np
>>> np.show_config()

This lecture is about important HPC libraries.

  

The lecture slides are available here Download here

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The OpenBLAS library is available at https://www.openblas.net/. Links to an external site.

The simple code used in the lecture is available here Download here

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This lecture is updated from Chapter 10 of the "High-Performance Computing - Modern Systems and Practices" by T. Sterling, M. Anderson, M. Brodowics, available on the online KTH library. Links to an external site.