偶爾看到一篇標(biāo)題為“#OpenBLAS Deciding Whether To Drop Support For #Russia's Elbrus CPUs”

原文鏈接：

https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenBLAS-Russia-Elbrus-Issue

OpenBLAS提供的線性代數(shù)操作在武器（例如：機(jī)器學(xué)習(xí)、模式識別、計算機(jī)視覺）中被廣泛使用。Elbrus處理器是俄羅斯研發(fā)的。OpenBLAS的這個Elbrus代碼也已經(jīng)存在于ALTLinux發(fā)行版中，并且沒有太優(yōu)化。

發(fā)起投票：是否支持OpenBLAS中刪除Elbrus處理器的代碼？

這個世界是不是有點(diǎn)癲狂了，開源領(lǐng)域去參與奇奇怪怪的政治游戲，噱頭而已。

OpenBLAS，yyds!

OpenBLAS 是一個基于BSD許可（開源）發(fā)行的優(yōu)化 BLAS 計算庫，由張先軼于2013年7月20日發(fā)起，并發(fā)布OpenBLAS 0.2.7第一個版本 ，作為OpenBLAS開源項目的發(fā)起人和主要維護(hù)者，張先軼獲2016CCF科學(xué)技術(shù)獎二等獎。BLAS（Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms 基礎(chǔ)線性代數(shù)程序集）是一個應(yīng)用程序接口（API）標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，用以規(guī)范發(fā)布基礎(chǔ)線性代數(shù)操作的數(shù)值庫（如矢量或矩陣乘法），OpenBLAS是BLAS標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的一種具體實(shí)現(xiàn)。

張先軼博士在2016年，創(chuàng)立澎峰科技。就沖這一點(diǎn)，我支持澎峰科技，國人之光！

OpenBLAS官網(wǎng)

http://www.openblas.net

OpenBLAS百度百科

https://baike.baidu.com/item/OpenBLAS/56820261?fr=ge_ala

原文：

OpenBLAS recently added support for Russia's Elbrus E2000 processors, however, the OpenBLAS developers are now debating whether to drop support for these Russian domestically-produced CPUs given Russia's invasion into Ukraine.There was a call for OpenBLAS to remove support for Russian Elbrus processors considering that Intel and AMD have also suspended their CPU sales to Russia. With this open-source BLAS and LAPACK API implementation providing optimized linear algebra kernels that could be used for military functions, developers are deciding whether they should remove the Elbrus code.The RFC to remove the Elbrus code notes, "The Elbrus processor is a so-called homegrown processor, with the primary use case of circumventing sanctions such as above. The processor is / will be used in Russian military equipment, intelligence service, and other branches of the Russian government. Linear algebra operations provided by OpenBLAS can be and are used within weapons (eg: machine learning, pattern recognition, computer vision), such as those used by the Russian military, either now or in the future."However, due to the very nature of open-source and the code already being out there, it would ultimately have likely little impact... Russian stakeholders could continue using the older OpenBLAS release with the Elbrus support or simply maintain their own fork with this code maintained.

This Elbrus code for OpenBLAS has also already existed within the ALTLinux distribution and isn't too optimized. Removing Elbrus support from OpenBLAS would mostly be a political statement against Russia's military aggression into Ukraine.?

Those commenting so far on the ticket have been in favor of removing the Elbrus code from OpenBLAS to at least serve as a public statement against Russia's military aggression and in support for the people of Ukraine. This proposed OpenBLAS code removal is the first we've seen of any open-source project looking to drop support for the Russian CPU architecture. Elbrus CPUs aren't nearly as fast as modern AMD, Intel, and Arm processors but is their years-long effort on producing domestic CPUs from desktops to workstations and servers.