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In what world will Intel port MKL - Intel intellectual property - to ARM? The whole purpose of Intel's software tools is as an enabler and differentiator for th

In what world will Intel port MKL - Intel intellectual property - to ARM? The whole purpose of Intel's software tools is as an enabler and differentiator for their architecture and specifically their parts.

coldtea 6y ago
In a world where Intel already had licensed ARM and built it in the past: https://newsroom.intel.com/editorials/accelerating-foundry-innovation-smart-connected-world/#gs.kn9elz https://newsroom.intel.com/editorials/accelerating-foundry-i...
- chipotle_coyote 6y ago
  That linked article from 2016 is about Intel's Custom Foundry program, which I'm fairly sure is for building chips under contract to other companies. It promotes that they have "access to ARM Artisan IP," but doesn't specifically mention an ARM version of MKL that I see. The list of compatible hardware Intel's page on MKL itself lists compatible processors and ARM is conspicuously absent: https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/tools/math-kernel-library.html https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/tools/m... And, this question on Intel's own forums from 2016 at least suggests that there wasn't an MKL version for ARM in the time frame of the article you're linking to, either: https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-oneAPI-Math-Kernel-Library/MKL-gfortran-on-ARM-processors-e-g-Raspberry-Pi-3-quad-core/td-p/1086157 https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-oneAPI-Math-Kernel-Libr... So, from what I can tell, while Intel is an ARM licensee and made ARM CPUs in the past, they haven't made their own ARM CPUs for years and there's no sign they ever made MKL for any ARM platform. Never say never, but I think the OP is basically right -- there's not a lot of incentive for Intel to produce one.
  - dfox 6y ago
    Intel had sold most of the relevant ARM IP and product lines to Marvell in 2006.
Fnoord 6y ago
I don't know about this proprietary technology specifically, but Intel is a huge company with some FOSS friendliness. USB 4 is based on Thunderbolt 3, so I guess they licensed that one.

coldtea 6y ago

In a world where Intel already had licensed ARM and built it in the past: https://newsroom.intel.com/editorials/accelerating-foundry-innovation-smart-connected-world/#gs.kn9elz https://newsroom.intel.com/editorials/accelerating-foundry-i...

chipotle_coyote 6y ago
That linked article from 2016 is about Intel's Custom Foundry program, which I'm fairly sure is for building chips under contract to other companies. It promotes that they have "access to ARM Artisan IP," but doesn't specifically mention an ARM version of MKL that I see. The list of compatible hardware Intel's page on MKL itself lists compatible processors and ARM is conspicuously absent: https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/tools/math-kernel-library.html https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/tools/m... And, this question on Intel's own forums from 2016 at least suggests that there wasn't an MKL version for ARM in the time frame of the article you're linking to, either: https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-oneAPI-Math-Kernel-Library/MKL-gfortran-on-ARM-processors-e-g-Raspberry-Pi-3-quad-core/td-p/1086157 https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-oneAPI-Math-Kernel-Libr... So, from what I can tell, while Intel is an ARM licensee and made ARM CPUs in the past, they haven't made their own ARM CPUs for years and there's no sign they ever made MKL for any ARM platform. Never say never, but I think the OP is basically right -- there's not a lot of incentive for Intel to produce one.
- dfox 6y ago
  Intel had sold most of the relevant ARM IP and product lines to Marvell in 2006.

Fnoord 6y ago

I don't know about this proprietary technology specifically, but Intel is a huge company with some FOSS friendliness. USB 4 is based on Thunderbolt 3, so I guess they licensed that one.