[Wien] Fwd: Intel MKL 11.0 update 3 patch update

[Laurence Marks]

The patch appears to be completely safe, if this is what you are asking.

I confess that I have not seen any obvious issues, but I do know that
in principle the problems outlined by Intel could be very bad for
Wien2k.

On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 7:57 AM, Luis Ogando <lcodacal at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Prof. Marks,
>
>    Any news about  " Intel(R) Math Kernel Library 10.3 Update 3 for Linux*
> OS " ?
>    Is it safe (to the best of your knowledge, of course) ?
>    All the best,
>                      Luis
>
>
>
>
> 2013/5/3 Laurence Marks <L-marks at northwestern.edu>
>>
>> For general information. The Version 12 of the mixer as well as the next
>> release make extensive use of SVD. The bugs may also affect other routines
>> used in the non mpu versions.
>>
>> ---------------------------
>> Professor Laurence Marks
>> Department of Materials Science and Engineering
>> Northwestern University
>> www.numis.northwestern.edu 1-847-491-3996
>> "Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody
>> else has thought"
>> Albert Szent-Gyorgi
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: "Intel MKL" <intel.mkl at intel.com>
>> Date: May 3, 2013 12:40 PM
>> Subject: Intel MKL 11.0 update 3 patch update
>> To: "Laurence Marks" <l-marks at northwestern.edu>
>>
>> Dear Intel MKL user,
>>
>>
>>
>> Last week the Intel MKL team verified several defects in Singular Value
>> Decomposition (SVD) and other LAPACK routines in Intel MKL 11.0 update 3. A
>> full list of the functions affected can be found attached to our
>> knowledgebase article.  This issue will be fixed in our next release, Intel
>> MKL 11.0 Update 4 which is targeted for late June or July.
>>
>>
>>
>> We are contacting you now about a patch we’ve made available in case you
>> happen to use these functions with this version for Intel MKL.
>>
>>
>>
>> You can either download the patches from the direct links listed below or
>> find them via your registered product download areas in the Intel®
>> Registration Center,  then simply replace the existing static and dynamic
>> libraries with the files with same names and relative paths in the patch.
>>
>>
>> We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused. If you have any
>> questions, please contact us via Intel® Premier Support or the Intel MKL
>> Forum.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Intel MKL team
>>
>>
>>
>>
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-- 
Professor Laurence Marks
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Northwestern University
www.numis.northwestern.edu 1-847-491-3996
"Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what
nobody else has thought"
Albert Szent-Gyorgi