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an OpenCL™ library implementing Sparse linear algebra routines. This project is a result of a collaboration between AMD Inc. and Vratis Ltd..
True in spirit with the other clMath libraries, clSPARSE exports a “C” interface to allow projects to build wrappers around clSPARSE in any language they need. A great deal of thought and effort went into designing the API’s to make them less ‘cluttered’ compared to the older clMath libraries. OpenCL state is not explicitly passed through the API, which enables the library to be forward compatible when users are ready to switch from OpenCL 1.2 to OpenCL 2.0 3
Two mailing lists have been created for the clMath projects:
clmath@googlegroups.com - group whose focus is to answer questions on using the library or reporting issues
clmath-developers@googlegroups.com - group whose focus is for developers interested in contributing to the library code itself
Good software is typically the result of iteration and feedback. clSPARSE follows the semantic versioning guidelines, and while the major version number remains '0', the public API should not be considered stable. We release clSPARSE as beta software (0.y.z) early to the community to elicit feedback and comment. This comes with the expectation that with feedback, we may incorporate breaking changes to the API that might require early users to recompile, or rewrite portions of their code as we iterate on the design.
The project wiki contains helpful documentation.
A build primer is available,
which describes how to use cmake to generate platforms specific build files
clSPARSE contains a directory of simple OpenCL samples that demonstrate the use of the API in both C and C++. The superbuild script for clSPARSE also builds the samples as an external project, to demonstrate how an application would find and link to clSPARSE with cmake.
API documentation is available at http://clmathlibraries.github.io/clSPARSE/. The samples give an excellent starting point to basic library operations.
Please refer to and read the Contributing document for guidelines on how to contribute code to this open source project. Code in the /master branch is considered to be stable and new library releases are made when commits are merged into /master. Active development and pull-requests should be made to the develop branch.
clSPARSE is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
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)[1]: Changed to reflect CppCoreGuidelines: F.21
[2]: Changed to reflect CppCoreGuidelines: NL.8
[3]: OpenCL 2.0 support is not yet fully implemented; only the interfaces have been designed