A proposal for a set of level 3 basic linear algebra subprograms
Jack J. Dongarra, Jeremy Du Croz, Iain Duff, Sven J. Hammarling · ACM SIGNUM Newsletter · 1987
This paper describes a proposal for Level 3 Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms (Level 3 BLAS). The Level 3 BLAS are targeted at matrix-matrix operations with the aim of providing more efficient, but portable, implementations of algorithms on high-performance computers, especially those with hierarchical memory and parallel processing capability.