From aeb5951978f29358bcf145d30e527398af67a463 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniƫl de Kok Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2020 19:48:35 +0200 Subject: doc/using/overlays.xml: add BLIS --- doc/using/overlays.xml | 24 +++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/using/overlays.xml b/doc/using/overlays.xml index 7f6ee040c7c..f6e02b969ea 100644 --- a/doc/using/overlays.xml +++ b/doc/using/overlays.xml @@ -187,14 +187,28 @@ self: super: BLIS + + + BLIS, available through the attribute + blis, is a framework for linear algebra kernels. In + addition, it implements the BLAS interface. + + + + + AMD - BLIS/LIBFLAME (optimized for modern AMD x86_64 CPUs) + BLIS/LIBFLAME (optimized for modern AMD x86_64 CPUs) - The AMD BLIS library, with attribute amd-blis, - provides a BLAS implementation. The complementary AMD LIBFLAME - library, with attribute amd-libflame, provides - a LAPACK implementation. + The AMD fork of the BLIS library, with attribute + amd-blis, extends BLIS with optimizations for + modern AMD CPUs. The changes are usually submitted to + the upstream BLIS project after some time. However, AMD BLIS + typically provides some performance improvements on AMD Zen CPUs. + The complementary AMD LIBFLAME library, with attribute + amd-libflame, provides a LAPACK implementation. -- cgit 1.4.1