[[PageOutline]] = Basic Linear Algebra Subroutines (BLAS) = [http://www.netlib.org/blas/faq.html] Core routines used by LAPACK (Linear Algebra Package) and elsewhere. Generally optimized for particular machine architectures, cache hierarchy. The subroutines are categorized to three levels. * Level 1: Scalar and vector operations * Level 2: Matrix-vector operations * Level 3: Matrix-matrix operations Subroutine names start with: * S: single precision * D: double precision * C: single precision complex * Z: double precision complex Examples: * DDOT: dot product of two vectors * DGEMV: matrix-vector multiply, general matrices * DGEMM: matrix-matrix multiply, general matrices * DSYMM: matrix-matrix multiply, symmetric matrices List of Subroutine : [http://www.netlib.org/blas/blasqr.pdf]