FFTW - Fastest Fourier Transform in the West
"FFTW" stands for "Fastest Fourier Transform in the West." FFTW is a C subroutine library for computing the discrete Fourier transform (DFT) in one or more dimensions of arbitrary input size, and of both real and complex data, as well as of even/odd data, i.e., the discrete cosine/sine transforms, or DCT/DST.
FFTW’s speed is superior when compared to other publicly available DFT programs and its performance is highly competitive with that of vendor-driven solutions. FFTW is also portable, so it will work well on most architectures without modification – something vendor-driven custom applications cannot match.
Expedited License Available
FFTW is available under two distinct licensing options. Send completed licenses or request a Government Contractor/Agency license to software-licenses@mit.edu.
1. Commercial License Options and Pricing
- FFTW 3.3.x ($12,500) Download License Here
- FFTW 3.2 ($7,500) Download License Here
- FFTW 3.1 ($7,500) Download License Here
- FFTW 2.1 ($2,500) Download License Here
2. Free Open Source License
- Open Source (GNU GPL v2 License) Download Here
You are free to redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
Matteo Frigo and Steven G. Johnson, "FFTW: An Adaptive Software Architecture for the FFT," in Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, vol. 3, pp. 1381–1384. IEEE, 1998.
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