MKL in version 11/Why two versions?

[Peter_Simon]

I have two questions:

1. For years I have paid for annual maintenance for both Intel Visual Fortran (IVF) compiler and the Intel Math Kernel Library (MKL), since I require both functionalities. Note that my only use of MKL is with the Fortran compiler. Now it appears that MKL is bundled with IVF 11. Does that mean I can allow my MKL maintenance to lapse and just pay for IVF maintenance, while still being able to use MKL?

2. Why are there two versions of IVF being maintained? Both IVF 10 and IVF 11 continue to receive updates. This is not true of any previous version, such as 8 or 9. Previously, when the version number is incremented, the old versions are no longer updated or supported. Why the different treatment for versions 10 and 11?

Thanks,
Peter

[Ron_Green]

Quoting - Peter Simon

I have two questions:

1. For years I have paid for annual maintenance for both Intel Visual Fortran (IVF) compiler and the Intel Math Kernel Library (MKL), since I require both functionalities. Note that my only use of MKL is with the Fortran compiler. Now it appears that MKL is bundled with IVF 11. Does that mean I can allow my MKL maintenance to lapse and just pay for IVF maintenance, while still being able to use MKL?

2. Why are there two versions of IVF being maintained? Both IVF 10 and IVF 11 continue to receive updates. This is not true of any previous version, such as 8 or 9. Previously, when the version number is incremented, the old versions are no longer updated or supported. Why the different treatment for versions 10 and 11?

Thanks,
Peter

Peter,

#1) yes, IVF Professional includes the full MKL kit and support. Drop the separate MKL renewals.

#2) We support the latest 2 major versions of the compiler, currently 10.1 and 11.0. This has been true for a while. Keep in mind that these are major versions too, so when 11.1 comes out, it supercedes 11.0 and then the supported products will be 10.1 and 11.1.

Older versions: there will be no more updates to those.

Does this answer your question? We cannot support ALL previous versions so we focus on the latest 2 major versions.

ron

[Peter_Simon]

Quoting - Ronald Green (Intel)

Peter,

#1) yes, IVF Professional includes the full MKL kit and support. Drop the separate MKL renewals.

#2) We support the latest 2 major versions of the compiler, currently 10.1 and 11.0. This has been true for a while. Keep in mind that these are major versions too, so when 11.1 comes out, it supercedes 11.0 and then the supported products will be 10.1 and 11.1.

Older versions: there will be no more updates to those.

Does this answer your question? We cannot support ALL previous versions so we focus on the latest 2 major versions.

ron

Indeed it does. Thanks!

--Peter