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'''AMD Core Math Library''' ('''ACML''') is an end-of-life <ref>[https://developer.amd.com/tools-and-sdks/archive/acml-product-features/ AMD Core Math Library Product Features]{{Dead link|date=March 2018}}</ref> [[software development]] library released by [[AMD]], replaced by many open source libraries, including AMD libm 4.0. This library provides mathematical routines optimized for AMD processors.

The successor to ACML is the '''AMD Optimizing CPU Libraries''' ('''AOCL'''), a set of mostly [[open source]] libraries compiled for [[AMD64]] processors. It includes the open source [[BLIS (software)|BLIS]], [[LAPACK#Implementations|libFLAME]], [[ScaLAPACK]], [[Fastest Fourier Transform in the West|FFTW]], and AOCL-Sparse, plus the original closed-source AMD LibM, [[memcpy]], and RNG.<ref>{{cite web |title=AMD Optimizing CPU Libraries (AOCL) |url=https://developer.amd.com/amd-aocl/ |website=AMD}}</ref>

==Features==

ACML consists of the following main components:<ref name="AMD-Core-Math-Library-dotcom">[{{Cite web |url=http://developer.amd.com/tools-and-sdks/cpu-development/amd-core-math-library-acml/ |title=ACML] |access-date=2014-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015020116/http://developer.amd.com/tools-and-sdks/cpu-development/amd-core-math-library-acml/ |archive-date=2014-10-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

* A full implementation of Level 1, 2 and 3 [[Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms]] (BLAS), with optimizations for AMD Opteron processors.

* A full suite of [[Linear Algebra]] ([[LAPACK]]) routines.

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==Supported platforms==

AMD offers pre-compiled binaries for [[Linux]], [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]], and [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] available for download. Supported compilers include [[GNU Fortran]], [[Intel Fortran Compiler]], [[Microsoft Visual Studio]], [[Numerical Algorithms Group|NAG]], [[PathScale]], [[PGI compiler]], and [[Sun Studio (software)|Sun Studio]].<ref>[https://developer.amd.com/tools-and-sdks/archive/acml-downloads-resources/ ACML Downloads & Resources]{{Dead link|date=November 2018}}</ref>

==License==

ACML has a proprietary [[freeware]] license. The library is distributed in binary form free of charge, but cannot be freely redistributed.<ref>[http://developer.amd.com/tools-and-sdks/cpu-development/amd-core-math-library-acml/acml-redistribution-agreements/ Redistribution Agreements] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015020107/http://developer.amd.com/tools-and-sdks/cpu-development/amd-core-math-library-acml/acml-redistribution-agreements/ |date=2014-10-15 }}, ACML Redistribution Agreements</ref><ref>[http://amd-dev.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wordpress/media/2012/10/ACML-EULA.pdf ACML EULA], End-user license agreement</ref>

==See also==

* [[GPUOpen]] - Open-source software suite for visual effects, HPC, and GPGPU

* [[Framewave]] - formerly the AMD Performance Library

* [[Open64]] - AMD has an Open64 compiler distribution that can be used with ACML

* [[Math Kernel Library]] (MKL)

==License==

ACML has a proprietary license. The library is distributed in binary form free of charge, but cannot be freely redistributed.<ref>[http://developer.amd.com/tools-and-sdks/cpu-development/amd-core-math-library-acml/acml-redistribution-agreements/ Redistribution Agreements], ACML Redistribution Agreements</ref><ref>[http://amd-dev.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wordpress/media/2012/10/ACML-EULA.pdf ACML EULA], End-user license agreement</ref>

==References==

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==External links==

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081010124022/http://ati.amd.com/technology/streamcomputing/Stream_Computing_User_Guide.pdf Streaming Computing (User Guide)]

*Replacement: [https://www.amd.com/en/developer/aocl/libm.html AMD Math Library (LibM)], [https://github.com/amd/aocl-libm-ose github]

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