Developer Reference for Intel® oneAPI Math Kernel Library for C
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Naming Conventions in Sparse BLAS Level 2 and Level 3
Each Sparse BLAS Level 2 and Level 3 routine has a six- or eight-character base name preceded by the prefix mkl_ or mkl_cspblas_ .
The routines with typical (conventional) interface have six-character base names in accordance with the template:
mkl_<character > <data> <operation>( )
The routines with simplified interfaces have eight-character base names in accordance with the templates:
mkl_<character > <data> <mtype> <operation>( )for routines with one-based indexing; and
mkl_cspblas_<character> <data> <mtype> <operation>( )for routines with zero-based indexing.
The <character> field indicates the data type:
- s
 -  
    
real, single precision
 - c
 -  
    
complex, single precision
 - d
 -  
    
real, double precision
 - z
 -  
    
complex, double precision
 
The <data> field indicates the sparse matrix storage format (see section Sparse Matrix Storage Formats):
- coo
 -  
    
coordinate format
 - csr
 -  
    
compressed sparse row format and its variations
 - csc
 -  
    
compressed sparse column format and its variations
 - dia
 -  
    
diagonal format
 - sky
 -  
    
skyline storage format
 - bsr
 -  
    
block sparse row format and its variations
 
The <operation> field indicates the type of operation:
- mv
 -  
    
matrix-vector product (Level 2)
 - mm
 -  
    
matrix-matrix product (Level 3)
 - sv
 -  
    
solving a single triangular system (Level 2)
 - sm
 -  
    
solving triangular systems with multiple right-hand sides (Level 3)
 
The field <mtype> indicates the matrix type:
- ge
 -  
    
sparse representation of a general matrix
 - sy
 -  
    
sparse representation of the upper or lower triangle of a symmetric matrix
 - tr
 -  
    
sparse representation of a triangular matrix