Simple and Stupid Question about AMD and Intel Libraries

Colin Law clanlaw at googlemail.com
Thu Oct 1 21:34:57 UTC 2009


2009/10/1 MirJafar Ali <mirjafarali at gmail.com>:
> Hello,
>
> I am asking one simple and stupid question. can I use Intel Maths libraries
> (MKL) and compilers on AMD machine
> ( I have HP9308nr) laptop and running ubuntu 9.04 on it.
>

I have never tried but my understanding is that the AMD and Intel
processors are sufficiently compatible that s/w runs on either.

Also see http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-math-kernel-library-intel-mkl-can-i-use-intel-mkl-on-amd-cpu/
(found by google for 'intel maths mkl amd').

Colin




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