rocBLAS is the AMD library for BLAS on the ROCm platform. It is implemented in the HIP programming language and optimized for AMD GPUs.
| Acronym | Expansion |
|---|---|
| BLAS | Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms |
| ROCm | Radeon Open ECosystem |
| HIP | Heterogeneous-Compute Interface for Portability |
Information about the library API and other user topics can be found in the rocBLAS documentation.
The AMD ROCm install guide describes how to set up the ROCm repositories and install the required platform dependencies.
With the AMD ROCm package repositories installed, the rocblas package can be
retrieved from the system package manager. For example, on Ubuntu:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install rocblas