v0.7 release notes

[vmakovet]

Features in This Release

BLAS

LAPACK

RNG

DFT

Sparse BLAS

Documentation update

Known Issues and Limitations

[gajanan-choudhary]

For Sparse BLAS:

• Added support for rocSPARSE backend.

[Rbiessy]

Whole project:

• Renamed oneMKL Interface to oneMath: Rename oneMKL Interface to oneMath #602
• Moved repository to uxlfoundation organization

Blas:

• Add support for ARM Performance Libraries backend: [BLAS] Add BLAS ARM performance libraries backend. #629
• Let iamax/iamin argument accept index_base argument: [BLAS] Let iamax/iamin accept index_base argument to align to the spec #635
• Transition from portBLAS (Codeplay owned) to the generic SYCL BLAS backend (owned by UXL foundation): [SYCL][BLAS] Move portBLAS to UXL Foundation as generic SYCL BLAS #618

Lapack:

• Add support for ARM Performance Libraries backend: [LAPACK] Add Arm Performance Libraries backend #633

RNG:

• Add support for ARM Performance Libraries backend: [RNG] add RNG armpl backend #634

I'll let others decide if there are other PRs for RNG or Lapack to mention.

The CMake changes I introduced are either bug fixes or a bit niche so not mentioning I think.

[sknepper]

I think the ARM support is the main one to capture for LAPACK - thanks, @Rbiessy !

[paveldyakov]

Hi everyone,
I suggest to add the next release note for RNG:

• Added geometric distribution support to Device API