viennacl ☆

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Description:
Linear algebra library for many-core architectures and multi-core CPUs

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: linear-algebra gpu opencl scientific-computing c++ mathematics

Install: brew install viennacl

About:
ViennaCL is a header-only C++ linear algebra library leveraging OpenCL and OpenMP for high-performance computations on GPUs and multi-core CPUs. It provides a high-level interface for solving sparse linear systems, dense matrix operations, and eigenvalue problems without requiring deep hardware expertise. The library is optimized for large-scale scientific simulations and mathematical modeling.

Key Features:

Support for OpenCL-enabled GPUs and multi-core CPUs via OpenMP
BLAS and LAPACK-like functionality for sparse and dense matrices
No installation required (header-only library)
Integration with CUDA for NVIDIA hardware support

Use Cases:

Large-scale scientific computing and simulations
Accelerated linear algebra processing in machine learning pipelines
Finite element method (FEM) and partial differential equation (PDE) solvers

Alternatives:

Eigen – Eigen is CPU-only but offers highly optimized scalar operations and expression templates
Armadillo – Armadillo provides a MATLAB-like syntax but lacks native GPU acceleration
ArrayFire – ArrayFire offers broader GPU support but is proprietary with a commercial license

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 12, 2025 6:18am		1	VERSION_BUMP	e074db9a
Dec 21, 2024 12:04pm		1	VERSION_BUMP	f414f24f