Partial Differential Equations Support

Intel® MKL provides tools for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDE) (see Partial Differential Equations Support). These tools are Trigonometric Transform interface routines and Poisson Library.

The Trigonometric Transform routines may be helpful to users who implement their own solvers similar to the solver that the Poisson Library provides. The users can improve performance of their solvers by using fast sine, cosine, and staggered cosine transforms implemented in the Trigonometric Transform interface.

The Poisson Library is designed for fast solving of simple Helmholtz, Poisson, and Laplace problems. The Trigonometric Transform interface, which underlies the solver, is based on the Intel MKL FFT interface (refer to Fourier Transform Functions), optimized for Intel® processors.

Optimization Notice

The Intel® Math Kernel Library (Intel® MKL) contains functions that are more highly optimized for Intel microprocessors than for other microprocessors. While the functions in Intel® MKL offer optimizations for both Intel and Intel-compatible microprocessors, depending on your code and other factors, you will likely get extra performance on Intel microprocessors.

While the paragraph above describes the basic optimization approach for Intel® MKL as a whole, the library may or may not be optimized to the same degree for non-Intel microprocessors for optimizations that are not unique to Intel microprocessors. These optimizations include Intel® Streaming SIMD Extensions 2 (Intel® SSE2), Intel® Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 (Intel® SSE3), and Supplemental Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 (Intel® SSSE3) instruction sets and other optimizations. Intel does not guarantee the availability, functionality, or effectiveness of any optimization on microprocessors not manufactured by Intel. Microprocessor-dependent optimizations in this product are intended for use with Intel microprocessors.

Intel recommends that you evaluate other library products to determine which best meets your requirements.


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