SCALAPACK

ScaLAPACK (Scalable LAPACK) is a linear algebra library for parallel computers. Routines are available to diagonalize or solve dense and narrow band systems of linear equations.

ScaLAPACK implements block-oriented LAPACK linear algebra routines, adding a special set of communication routines to copy blocks of data between processors as required. Similar to LAPACK, a single subroutine call typically carries out the necessary computations.

ScaLAPACK installations include the following libraries: scalapack, redist, pblas, tools, blacs, blacsCinit, and blacsF77init.

Installed on: Big Ben.

Big Ben version

ScaLAPACK is a part of the Cray Scientific Library. Link to it by using

-lsci 

in the compiliation line.

See an example job.

ScaLAPACK documentation:

• ScaLAPACK Home Page
• BLACS Home Page
• Installing and Testing BLACS (postscript)
• Outstanding Issues in MPIBLACS (postscript)

See also:

• Other mathematical and statistical software installed at the PSC.