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

[Laurence Marks]

I know of no issues.

On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 9:10 AM, Luis Ogando <lcodacal at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Prof. Marks,
>
>    I am sorry ! I was not clear !
>    Actually, I was asking about the MKL version I am using, namely MKL 10.3
> Update 3 for Linux. Do you know any issue related to this MKL version ?
>    Many thanks,
>                 Luis
>
>
>
>
> 2013/5/6 Laurence Marks <L-marks at northwestern.edu>
>>
>> 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
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>> Albert Szent-Gyorgi
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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