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[Idea]: add BLAS bindings and implementations for linear algebra #36

Open kgryte opened 7 months ago

kgryte commented 7 months ago

Idea

BLAS routines are standard building blocks for performing basic vector and matrix operations. These building blocks are leveraged by most modern numerical programming languages and libraries, including NumPy, SciPy, Julia, MATLAB, R, and others.

The goal of this idea is to

Expected Outcomes

Users will be able to call BLAS routines from JavaScript. In web browsers, BLAS routines will be in JavaScript. In Node.js, provided native bindings have been compiled, BLAS routines will either be ported reference implementations or hardware optimized system libraries.

Involved Software

No other software is necessary apart from standard compilers (GCC, gfortran).

Prerequisite Knowledge

C, Fortran, JavaScript, Node.js.

Difficulty

Intermediate. Familiarity with C and Fortran will be beneficial. This idea mainly involves porting existing implementations and doing so in a manner which conforms with stdlib conventions.

Project Length

90/175/350 hours. Can be scoped accordingly.

Potential Mentors

@kgryte @Planeshifter @steff456 @rreusser @Pranavchiku @czgdp1807

kgryte commented 6 months ago

For what is currently supported in stdlib, see https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/tree/develop/lib/node_modules/%40stdlib/blas.