# CMSIS-DSP {#mainpage}

**CMSIS-DSP** is an open-source software library that implements common compute processing functions optimized for use on Arm Cortex-M and Cortex-A processors. The library covers such compute categories as (list not exhaustive):

 - Basic mathematics (real, complex, quaternion, linear algebra, fast math functions)
 - DSP (filtering)
 - Transforms (FFT, MFCC, DCT)
 - Statistics
 - Classical ML (Support Vector Machine, Distance functions for clustering, ...)

## Access to CMSIS-DSP

CMSIS-DSP is actively maintained in a GitHub repository and is released as a standalone package in the CMSIS-Pack format.

 - [**CMSIS-DSP GitHub Repo**](https://github.com/ARM-software/CMSIS-DSP) provides the full source code of CMSIS-DSP functions.
 - [**CMSIS-DSP Documentation**](https://arm-software.github.io/CMSIS-DSP/latest/) explains how to use the library and describes the implemented functions in details.
 - [**CMSIS-DSP Pack**](https://www.keil.arm.com/packs/cmsis-dsp-arm/versions/) delivers CMSIS-DSP components and examples in [CMSIS-Pack format](https://open-cmsis-pack.github.io/Open-CMSIS-Pack-Spec/main/html/index.html).

## Key Features and Benefits

 - CMSIS-DSP covers a broad set of compute functions common for use in embedded systems.
 - Supports operations on 8-bit integers, 16-bit integers, 32-bit integer and 32-bit floating-point values.
 - Provides vectorized versions of most algorthms for [Arm Helium Technology](https://developer.arm.com/Architectures/Helium) and of most f32 algorithms for [Arm Neon Technology](https://developer.arm.com/Architectures/Neon).
 - Includes test framework.
 - Provides examples demonstating how to use the library functions.