The Intel Math Kernel Library, MKL 10.x
The Intel Math Kernel Library, MKL, is installed on Stallo. ===>Be aware that there are some major changes in MKL 10.x compared to 9.x! <===
About MKL
The Intel® Math Kernel Library , MKL, is installed on Stallo. MKL
includes routines such as BLAS, Sparse BLAS, LAPACK, ScaLAPACk, VML,
DFT/FFT, various solver etc. A complete overview is available from Intel.
Please note that from version 10.0 MKL and CMKL has been merged into
on single library. Some other major and important changes have also
taken place from 9.x to 10.0, please consult the release notes for details.
MKL documentation
For in dept documentation about MKL we recommend the following documents:
- Intel® Math Kernel Library for Linux* - User’s Guide (HTML page at Intel) (PDF file at Intel)
- Intel® Math Kernel Library Reference Manual (HTML page at Intel)
- Intel® Math Kernel Library 10.0 – Documentation (HTML page at Intel)
- For easily migrating from MKL 9.x to 10.x (HTML page at Intel)
- Intel® Math Kernel Library 10.0 – Product Tips and Samples (HTML page at Intel)
- Linking applications with Intel MKL version 10.0 (HTML page at Intel)
Most of the MKL documentation is also available on Stallo in the directory
/opt/intel/mkl/<version number>/doc/
Linking with CMKL / MKL.
To link with the Intel MKL libraries, follow the advices in the document Linking applications with Intel MKL version 10.0 (HTML page at Intel).
More specific information will be available here soon.

