[Wien] Athlon XP optimized BLAS and Lapack libraries available

[Jeff Spirko]

AMD has released a beta version of the AMD Core Mathematical
Libraries, which includes BLAS, LAPACK, and FFT routines optimized
for Athlon XP processors.  They are available from www.amd.com under
a fairly restrictive agreement, so I have not tested them yet.
There is a Linux version.  It is said to be compatible with the GNU
g77 fortran compiler or the PGF90 Fortran compiler.

With the number of WIEN users using AMD processors, it would be
interesting to find out if:
 - does ACML work with WIEN2k?
 - Is it faster than using Atlas BLAS and compiled LAPACK?
 - Can it be used with the Intel Fortran compiler?

Of course, with this clause in the license agreement:
  5. Confidentiality.
  a. AMD and USER agree that the Licensed Materials constitute beta
     versions of products developed by or for AMD. USER understands
     that the testing and quality assurance of the Licensed
     Materials has not been completed, nor are the Licensed
     Materials authorized for general release by AMD. Therefore,
     USER agrees to treat the Licensed Materials, any feedback and
     the existence of this Agreement as confidential to AMD. USER
     will not divulge the information contained therein to any third
     party, and USER also agrees not to disclose to any party that
     it has received or is testing or has tested the Licensed
     Materials except at the written request of or with the written
     approval of AMD. USER further agrees not to disclose to any
     third party any test results, measurements, metrics, data or
     other information obtained by use or possession of this
     Software.
It might be a breach of contract to discuss the answers to the
important questions above.

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