Preview version 0.7.0

Version 0.7.0

• Added exports to be able to create a DLL on Windows (thanks to Marco Hutter)
• Made the library thread-safe
• Performance and correctness tests can now (on top of clBLAS) be performed against CPU BLAS libraries
• Fixed the use of events within the library
• Changed the enum parameters to match the raw values of the cblas standard
• Fixed the cache of previously compiled binaries and added a function to fill or clear it
• Various minor fixes and enhancements
• Added a preliminary version of the API documentation
• Added additional sample programs
• Added tuned parameters for various devices (see README)
• Added level-1 routines:
  • SNRM2/DNRM2/ScNRM2/DzNRM2
  • SASUM/DASUM/ScASUM/DzASUM
  • SSUM/DSUM/ScSUM/DzSUM (non-absolute version of the above xASUM BLAS routines)
  • iSAMAX/iDAMAX/iCAMAX/iZAMAX
  • iSMAX/iDMAX/iCMAX/iZMAX (non-absolute version of the above ixAMAX BLAS routines)
  • iSMIN/iDMIN/iCMIN/iZMIN (non-absolute minimum version of the above ixAMAX BLAS routines)

Note:
Binary releases are experimental, build from source code if possible.

Preview version 0.6.0

Version 0.6.0

• Added support for MSVC (Visual Studio) 2015
• Added tuned parameters for various devices (see README)
• Now automatically generates C++ code from JSON tuning results
• Added level-2 routines:
  • SGER/DGER
  • CGERU/ZGERU
  • CGERC/ZGERC
  • CHER/ZHER
  • CHPR/ZHPR
  • CHER2/ZHER2
  • CHPR2/ZHPR2
  • CSYR/ZSYR
  • CSPR/ZSPR
  • CSYR2/ZSYR2
  • CSPR2/ZSPR2

Preview version 0.5.0

Version 0.5.0

• Improved structure and performance of level-2 routines (xSYMV/xHEMV)
• Reduced compilation time of level-3 OpenCL kernels
• Added level-1 routines:
  • SSWAP/DSWAP/CSWAP/ZSWAP
  • SSCAL/DSCAL/CSCAL/ZSCAL
  • SCOPY/DCOPY/CCOPY/ZCOPY
  • SDOT/DDOT
  • CDOTU/ZDOTU
  • CDOTC/ZDOTC
• Added level-2 routines:
  • SGBMV/DGBMV/CGBMV/ZGBMV
  • CHBMV/ZHBMV
  • CHPMV/ZHPMV
  • SSBMV/DSBMV
  • SSPMV/DSPMV
  • STRMV/DTRMV/CTRMV/ZTRMV
  • STBMV/DTBMV/CTBMV/ZTBMV
  • STPMV/DTPMV/CTPMV/ZTPMV

Preview version 0.4.0

Version 0.4.0

• Now using the Claduc C++11 interface to OpenCL
• Added plain C API for increased compatibility (clblast_c.h)
• Re-organized tuner infrastructure and added JSON output
• Removed clBLAS sources, it should now be installed separately for testing
• Added Travis continuous integration
• Added level-2 routines:
  • CHEMV/ZHEMV
  • SSYMV/DSYMV

Preview version 0.3.0

Version 0.3.0

• Re-organized test/client infrastructure to avoid code duplication
• Added an optional bypass for pre/post-processing kernels in level-3 routines
• Significantly improved performance of level-3 routines on AMD GPUs
• Added level-3 routines:
  • CHEMM/ZHEMM
  • SSYRK/DSYRK/CSYRK/ZSYRK
  • CHERK/ZHERK
  • SSYR2K/DSYR2K/CSYR2K/ZSYR2K
  • CHER2K/ZHER2K
  • STRMM/DTRMM/CTRMM/ZTRMM

Preview version 0.2.0

Version 0.2.0

• Added support for complex conjugate transpose
• Several host-code performance improvements
• Improved testing infrastructure and coverage
• Added level-2 routines:
  • SGEMV/DGEMV/CGEMV/ZGEMV
• Added level-3 routines:
  • CGEMM/ZGEMM
  • CSYMM/ZSYMM

Preview version 0.1.0

Version 0.1.0

• Initial preview version release to GitHub
• Supported level-1 routines:
  • SAXPY/DAXPY/CAXPY/ZAXPY
• Supported level-3 routines:
  • SGEMM/DGEMM
  • SSYMM/DSYMM