scchan/rocblas

Next generation BLAS implementation for ROCm platform

rocBLAS

rocBLAS is AMD's library for BLAS on ROCm. It is implemented in the HIP programming language and optimized for AMD's GPUs.

Acronym	Expansion
BLAS	Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms
ROCm	Radeon Open Compute platform
HIP	Heterogeneous-Compute Interface for Portability

Documentation

The latest rocBLAS documentation and API description can be found here.

Prerequisites

• A ROCm enabled platform, more information at https://rocm.github.io/install.html.
• Base software stack, which includes
  • HIP

Installing pre-built packages

rocBLAS can be installed on Ubuntu using

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install rocblas

rocBLAS Debian packages can also be downloaded from the rocBLAS releases tag. These may be newer than the package from apt-get.

Building rocBLAS from source, exported functions, and additional information

For additional information, please consult the wiki