https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-oneAPI-Math-Kernel-Library/Linking-to-quot-new-quot-versions-of-MKL-with-older-compilers/m-p/783200#M1607 yes, you can do that.it's not risky proposition. your application statically linked to the latest MKL libraries would provide the optimizations for all latest Intel architectures.<DIV>--Gennady</DIV> Tue, 26 Jul 2011 02:02:40 GMT Gennady_F_Intel 2011-07-26T02:02:40Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-oneAPI-Math-Kernel-Library/Linking-to-quot-new-quot-versions-of-MKL-with-older-compilers/m-p/783199#M1606 <SPAN style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I've recently discovered that I need to build a code with Version 11.1 of the Intel compiler in order to satisfy customer requirements. Is there any reason I can't do this and statically link to the latest MKL libraries distributed with ComposerXE?</SPAN><DIV><BR />I haven't run extensive tests, but I've compiled my code against the newer MKL libraries and everything appears to function correctly. Is this a risky proposition?<BR /><BR />Thanks,<BR />Greg</DIV> Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:50:16 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-oneAPI-Math-Kernel-Library/Linking-to-quot-new-quot-versions-of-MKL-with-older-compilers/m-p/783199#M1606 gregfi04 2011-07-25T18:50:16Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-oneAPI-Math-Kernel-Library/Linking-to-quot-new-quot-versions-of-MKL-with-older-compilers/m-p/783200#M1607 yes, you can do that.it's not risky proposition. your application statically linked to the latest MKL libraries would provide the optimizations for all latest Intel architectures.<DIV>--Gennady</DIV> Tue, 26 Jul 2011 02:02:40 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-oneAPI-Math-Kernel-Library/Linking-to-quot-new-quot-versions-of-MKL-with-older-compilers/m-p/783200#M1607 Gennady_F_Intel 2011-07-26T02:02:40Z