Combined Libraries to Enhance Computational Performance

By DE Editors

Visual Numerics, Inc. (Houston, TX), a producer of numerical analysis and visualization software, will integrate and distribute the Intel Math Kernel Library (Intel MKL) with its IMSL Fortran Numerical Library version 6.0.

In addition to a substantial performance increase for IMSL Fortran users, Visual Numerics says the combination of libraries will improve support for IMSL library customers running on Intel processor-based platforms. The bundle covers both distributed and shared memory computing models.

More specifically, Visual Numerics plans to bundle the Intel optimized BLAS, LAPACK, and ScaLAPACK functionality from the Intel Math Kernel Library into the company's IMSL Fortran Numerical Library with its version 6.0 release in early 2007. Intel MKL is a set of mathematical functions for engineering, scientific, and financial applications requiring high performance on Intel processors. The joint offering provides improved IMSL computational performance across all Intel platforms including Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Pentium 4, Intel Itanium 2, and the new Dual and Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors.

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Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.