High-level Directory Structure

Directory

Contents

<mkl directory>

Installation directory of the Intel(R) Math Kernel Library (Intel(R) MKL). By default, /opt/intel/composerxe-2011.y.xxx/mkl, where y is the release-update number, and xxx is the package number.

Subdirectories of <mkl directory>

bin

Scripts to set environmental variables in the user shell

bin/ia32

Shell scripts for the IA-32 architecture

bin/intel64

Shell scripts for the Intel(R) 64 architecture

benchmarks/linpack

Shared-memory (SMP) version of the LINPACK benchmark

benchmarks/mp_linpack

Message-passing interface (MPI) version of the LINPACK benchmark

examples

Examples directory. Each subdirectory has source and data files

include

INCLUDE files for the library routines, as well as for tests and examples

include/ia32

Fortran 95 .mod files for the IA-32 architecture and Intel(R) Fortran compiler

include/intel64/lp64

Fortran 95 .mod files for the Intel(R) 64 architecture, Intel Fortran compiler, and LP64 interface

include/intel64/ilp64

Fortran 95 .mod files for the Intel(R) 64 architecture, Intel Fortran compiler, and ILP64 interface

interfaces/blas95

Fortran 95 interfaces to BLAS and a makefile to build the library

interfaces/fftw2x_cdft

MPI FFTW 2.x interfaces to the Intel MKL Cluster FFTs

interfaces/fftw3x_cdft

MPI FFTW 3.x interfaces to the Intel MKL Cluster FFTs

interfaces/fftw2xc

FFTW 2.x interfaces to the Intel MKL FFTs (C interface)

interfaces/fftw2xf

FFTW 2.x interfaces to the Intel MKL FFTs (Fortran interface)

interfaces/fftw3xc

FFTW 3.x interfaces to the Intel MKL FFTs (C interface)

interfaces/fftw3xf

FFTW 3.x interfaces to the Intel MKL FFTs (Fortran interface)

interfaces/lapack95

Fortran 95 interfaces to LAPACK and a makefile to build the library

lib/ia32

Static libraries and shared objects for the IA-32 architecture

lib/intel64

Static libraries and shared objects for the Intel(R) 64 architecture

tests

Source and data files for tests

tools/builder

Tools for creating custom dynamically linkable libraries

tools/plugins/
com.intel.mkl.help

Eclipse* IDE plug-in with Intel MKL Reference Manual in Web­Help format. See mkl_documentation.htm for more information

Subdirectories of <Composer XE directory>.
By default, /opt/intel/composerxe-2011.y.xxx.

Documentation/en_US/mkl

Intel MKL documentation.

man/en_US/man3

Man pages for Intel MKL functions. No directory for man pages is created in locales other than en_US even if a directory for the localized documentation is created in the respective locales. For more information, see Contents of the Documentation Directories.

Optimization Notice

The Intel® Math Kernel Library (Intel® MKL) contains functions that are more highly optimized for Intel microprocessors than for other microprocessors. While the functions in Intel® MKL offer optimizations for both Intel and Intel-compatible microprocessors, depending on your code and other factors, you will likely get extra performance on Intel microprocessors.

While the paragraph above describes the basic optimization approach for Intel® MKL as a whole, the library may or may not be optimized to the same degree for non-Intel microprocessors for optimizations that are not unique to Intel microprocessors. These optimizations include Intel® Streaming SIMD Extensions 2 (Intel® SSE2), Intel® Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 (Intel® SSE3), and Supplemental Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 (Intel® SSSE3) instruction sets and other optimizations. Intel does not guarantee the availability, functionality, or effectiveness of any optimization on microprocessors not manufactured by Intel. Microprocessor-dependent optimizations in this product are intended for use with Intel microprocessors.

Intel recommends that you evaluate other library products to determine which best meets your requirements.


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