Also, you can build Rblas against OpenBLAS even on Windows which will go far in speeding up matrix calculations.
Thanks, Avi Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 1, 2022, at 12:49 PM, Ben Bolker <bbol...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Maybe you can find out more about Microsoft's development/release process > for MRO and why they're still on 4.0.2 (from June 2020)? I followed the > "user forum" link on their web page, but it appears to be a generic Windows > forum ... > > https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?forum%20=ropen > > I might tweet at @revodavid (David Smith) to see if there's any more > information available about the MRO release schedule ... > > good luck, > Ben Bolker > > > > >> On 2022-10-01 12:00 p.m., Viechtbauer, Wolfgang (NP) wrote: >> Hi Christine, >> MKL is a closed-source commercial product (yes, one can get it for free, but >> it is not libre/open-source software). >> Best, >> Wolfgang >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: R-devel [mailto:r-devel-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Christine >>> Stawitz - NOAA Federal via R-devel >>> Sent: Friday, 30 September, 2022 18:46 >>> To: r-devel@r-project.org >>> Subject: [Rd] Linking to Intel's MKL on Windows >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Recently I became aware that Microsoft R Open provides accelerated matrix >>> algebra computations through Intel's Math Kernel Libraries. However, the >>> version of R shipped with the Microsoft R Open is too out of date to be >>> able to use concurrently with other dependencies while developing our >>> package. This thread suggests a way to get the updated matrix libraries >>> with a more recent version of R, however it is unlikely to be approved by >>> our IT admin since those of us in government agencies aren't typically >>> given admin privileges: Linking Intel's Math Kernel Library (MKL) to R on >>> Windows - Stack Overflow >>> <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38090206/linking-intels-math-kernel-library- >>> mkl-to-r-on-windows> >>> >>> Is there a reason why CRAN doesn't provide a version of R with the updated >>> libraries such that developers don't have to recompile R or copy .dlls >>> around as described above? It would help those of us running software with >>> slow-running matrix calculations in R. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Christine >>> >>> -- >>> Christine C. Stawitz, PhD. (pronouns: she/her) >>> >>> National Stock Assessment Program Modeling Team >>> >>> NOAA Fisheries Office of Science and Technology | U.S. Department of >>> Commerce >>> >>> Mobile: 206-617-2060 >>> >>> www.fisheries.noaa.gov >> ______________________________________________ >> R-devel@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > > -- > Dr. Benjamin Bolker > Professor, Mathematics & Statistics and Biology, McMaster University > Director, School of Computational Science and Engineering > (Acting) Graduate chair, Mathematics & Statistics > > E-mail is sent at my convenience; I don't expect replies outside of working > > hours. > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
