HOWTO: Install Intel distribution for Python and Intel performance libraries

a) Update conda:

conda update conda

b) Ensure conda prefers Intel packages whenever possible:

conda config --add channels intel

c) Create new environment to install Intel python:

conda create -n intelpython intelpython3_core python=3.7 OR
conda create -n intelpython intelpython3_full python=3.7

d) Activate Intel python environment:

source activate intelpython

e) Install additional packages:

conda install mkl-devel

https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/articles/using-intel-distribution-for-python-with-anaconda.html