13.3 References and Further Reading
Information on the blas standards, including both the legacy and
updated interface standards, is available online from the blas
Homepage and blas Technical Forum web-site.
The following papers contain the specifications for Level 1, Level 2 and
Level 3 blas.
- C. Lawson, R. Hanson, D. Kincaid, F. Krogh, “Basic Linear Algebra
Subprograms for Fortran Usage”, ACM Transactions on Mathematical
Software, Vol. 5 (1979), Pages 308–325.
- J.J. Dongarra, J. DuCroz, S. Hammarling, R. Hanson, “An Extended Set of
Fortran Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms”, ACM Transactions on
Mathematical Software, Vol. 14, No. 1 (1988), Pages 1–32.
- J.J. Dongarra, I. Duff, J. DuCroz, S. Hammarling, “A Set of
Level 3 Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms”, ACM Transactions on
Mathematical Software, Vol. 16 (1990), Pages 1–28.
Postscript versions of the latter two papers are available from
http://www.netlib.org/blas/. A cblas wrapper for Fortran blas
libraries is available from the same location.