Packages

• ESSL ( Engineering Scientific Subroutine Library )
  On the Blue Gene, this package is for on-processor (i.e., serial) applications. For parallel processing, you can use the SCALAPACK (see below).
  • Engineering and Scientific Subroutine Library (ESSL) V4 Release 2.2 Guide and Reference
  • Using the IBM ESSL Library
• BLAS – Basic Linear Algebra Subroutine package
  sample linking procedures
• BLACS – Basic Linear Algebra Communication Subprograms
  this library is needed in conjunction with ScaLAPACK
  sample linking procedures
• LAPACK – Linear Algebra PACKage
  sample linking procedures
• ScaLAPACK – SCAlable Linear Algebra PACKage
  sample linking procedures
• Mathematical Acceleration SubSystem (MASS) (Appendix C)
  A fast version of collection of trigonometric and hyperbolic functions such as cos, sin, exp.
• LoadLeveler Scheduler
  An IBM batch scheduler.
• Totalview Parallel Debugger
  A debugger for parallel applications.