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version of R shipped with the Microsoft R Open is too out of date to be 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