Engineering and Scientific Subroutine Library for AIX Version 3 Release 3: Guide and Reference

Changes for ESSL Version 3 Release 2

• |The ESSL Libraries are tuned for the POWER3-II.
• The Dense Linear Algebraic Equations Subroutines now include these new subroutines:
  • Symmetric Indefinite Matrix Factorization and Multiple Right-Hand Side Solve.
  • Symmetric Indefinite Matrix Factorization.
  • Symmetric Indefinite Matrix Multiple Right-Hand Side Solve.
• The Linear Least Squares Subroutines now include this new subroutine:
  • General Matrix QR Factorization.
• The ESSL POWER and Thread-Safe libraries have been replaced by a thread-safe library referred to as the ESSL Serial Library.
• The ESSL POWER2 and Thread-Safe POWER2 libraries are no longer provided; the ESSL Serial or the ESSL SMP Library should be used instead. See Migrating ESSL Version 3 Programs to Version 3 Release 2
• The ESSL Version 3 Guide and Reference manual is provided in PDF format with the product package; the postscript file is no longer provided.
• The ESSL Product Package is now distributed on a CD.