Intel® Math Kernel Library 2019 Developer Reference - C
The CNR mode of Intel MKL ensures bitwise reproducible results from run to run of Intel MKL functions on a fixed number of threads for a specific Intel instruction set architecture (ISA) under the following conditions:
Intel MKL offers both functions and environment variables to support conditional numerical reproducibility. See the Intel MKL Developer Guide for more information on bitwise reproducible results of computations and for details about the environment variables.
The support functions enable you to configure the CNR mode and also provide information on the current and optimal CNR branch on your system. Usage Examples for CNR Support Functions illustrate usage of these functions.
Call the functions that define the behavior of CNR before any of the math library functions that they control.
Intel MKL provides named constants for use as input and output parameters of the functions instead of integer values. See Named Constants for CNR Control for a list of the named constants.
Although you can configure the CNR mode using either the support functions or the environment variables, the functions offer more flexible configuration and control than the environment variables. Settings specified by the functions take precedence over the settings specified by the environment variables.
Use Intel MKL in the CNR mode only in case a need for bitwise reproducible results is critical. Otherwise, run Intel MKL as usual to avoid performance degradation.
While you can supply unaligned input and output data to Intel MKL functions running in the CNR mode, use of aligned data is recommended. Refer to Reproducibility Conditions for more details.
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