[Numpy-discussion] building numpy with atlas on ubuntu edgy

[Keith Goodman]

On 4/18/07, rex <rex at nosyntax.com> wrote:
> Keith Goodman <kwgoodman at gmail.com> [2007-04-18 10:49]:
> > I'd like to compile atlas so that I can take full advantage of my core
> > 2 duo.
>
> If your use is entirely non-commercial you can use Intel's MKL with
> built-in optimized BLAS and LAPACK and avoid the need for ATLAS.

Thanks for that. For a variety of reasons I'm sticking with atlas.
Does the parallel flag give you a big speed increase? I imagine it
speeds things up more for larger matrices.