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OpenBLAS

OpenBLAS is one of the BLAS implementations installed on Stanage. It also provides some optimised LAPACK routines.

Usage

After connecting to Stanage (see Establishing a SSH connection), start an interactive session with the following command:

srun --pty bash -i

OpenBLAS can be activated using one of:

module load OpenBLAS/0.3.23-GCC-12.3.0
module load OpenBLAS/0.3.21-GCC-12.2.0
module load OpenBLAS/0.3.20-GCC-11.3.0
module load OpenBLAS/0.3.18-GCC-11.2.0
module load OpenBLAS/0.3.15-GCC-10.3.0
module load OpenBLAS/0.3.12-GCC-10.2.0
module load OpenBLAS/0.3.9-GCC-9.3.0
module load OpenBLAS/0.3.7-GCC-8.3.0
module load OpenBLAS/0.3.1-GCC-7.3.0-2.30

module load OpenBLAS/0.3.21-GCC-12.2.0
module load OpenBLAS/0.3.20-GCC-11.3.0
module load OpenBLAS/0.3.18-GCC-11.2.0

which also loads a version of the GCC compiler. See matching foss toolchains