For those sluggers interested in IA-64 advancements. Cheers, Grahame ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: SGI News Release: SGI Boost For LINUX On IA-64 Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 21:07:47 +1000 From: "Paul Rushton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> News Release SGI Boost For LINUX On IA-64 Contributes Advanced Compiler Technology to Open Source Community Sydney - May 15, 2000 - Continuing its efforts to establish Linux� as a commercially viable platform, SGI today announced the release of its SGI Pro64� compilers for the Intel� Itanium� processor to the Open Source Software Community. These Linux compilers, which were recently demonstrated at Intel's Spring 2000 Developer Forum in Palm Springs, Calif., contain additional optimisations that take advantage of the power of the Itanium processor over those of other public compiler implementations. This technology will support development of high performance IA-64 Linux applications and is another important step toward delivery of production Linux solutions on IA-64. "The continued optimisation of these software tools will enable Application Developers to realise the potential of Intel's Itanium processor", said Ron Curry, director of marketing, IA-64 processor division, Intel. "The Pro64 suite release demonstrates SGI's compiler expertise and their progress towards enabling high performance IA-64 Linux software". "SGI has some of the world's leading expertise on compilers and file systems for 64-bit systems," said Paul Rushton, Marketing Director SGI Australia and New Zealand, "and the release of the Pro64 suite is a significant step forward for IA-64. In Sydney just two months ago, SGI CEO Bob Bishop demonstrated Linux on IA-64 during his speech at the Linux Open Source Conference. The company has a strong commitment to releasing enterprise-class servers and workstations based around the combination of Linux and IA-64." SGI's C, C++ and Fortran 90 compilers use the company's code generators, designed to produce performance enhancements in both compute- and data-intensive applications. The compiler suite represents ongoing work that SGI and the Linux developer community will continue to enhance to deliver optimised performance when production Itanium processors arrive later this year. The compiler source is being released to the Linux developer community under standard GPL licensing. The release, which is fully compatible with the Red Hat� Cygnus gcc and g++ offerings, contains: * Complete C, C++, Fortran 90 optimising compilers * Fortran runtime libraries * Vector math library * OpenMP� support library * Man pages * Assign command The latest information and updates for the SGI Pro64 compilers can be found at http://oss.sgi.com/projects/Pro64 . Also to be released with these compilers is SGI's OpenMP, an industry-standard application program interface that allows programmers to quickly and easily design shared-memory parallel applications. Press contacts: SGI: Paul Rushton, Marketing Director, SGI Australia & New Zealand [EMAIL PROTECTED], 02 8875 9500 -- SLUG (Sydney Linux User Group) www.slug.org.au
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News Release SGI Boost For LINUX On IA-64 Contributes Advanced Compiler Technology to Open Source
Community Sydney - May 15, 2000 - Continuing its efforts to establish Linux® as a commercially viable platform, SGI today announced the release of its SGI Pro64� compilers for the Intel® Itanium� processor to the Open Source Software Community. These Linux compilers, which were recently demonstrated at Intel's Spring 2000 Developer Forum in Palm Springs, Calif., contain additional optimisations that take advantage of the power of the Itanium processor over those of other public compiler implementations. This technology will support development of high performance IA-64 Linux applications and is another important step toward delivery of production Linux solutions on IA-64. "The continued optimisation of these software tools will enable Application Developers to realise the potential of Intel's Itanium processor", said Ron Curry, director of marketing, IA-64 processor division, Intel. "The Pro64 suite release demonstrates SGI's compiler expertise and their progress towards enabling high performance IA-64 Linux software". "SGI has some of the world's leading expertise on compilers and file systems for 64-bit systems," said Paul Rushton, Marketing Director SGI Australia and New Zealand, "and the release of the Pro64 suite is a significant step forward for IA-64. In Sydney just two months ago, SGI CEO Bob Bishop demonstrated Linux on IA-64 during his speech at the Linux Open Source Conference. The company has a strong commitment to releasing enterprise-class servers and workstations based around the combination of Linux and IA-64." SGI's C, C++ and Fortran 90 compilers use the company's code generators, designed to produce performance enhancements in both compute- and data-intensive applications. The compiler suite represents ongoing work that SGI and the Linux developer community will continue to enhance to deliver optimised performance when production Itanium processors arrive later this year. The compiler source is being released to the Linux developer community under standard GPL licensing. The release, which is fully compatible with the Red Hat� Cygnus gcc and g++ offerings, contains: * Complete C, C++, Fortran 90 optimising compilers * Fortran runtime libraries * Vector math library * OpenMP� support library * Man pages * Assign command The latest information and updates for the SGI Pro64 compilers can be found at http://oss.sgi.com/projects/Pro64 . Also to be released with these compilers is SGI's OpenMP, an industry-standard application program interface that allows programmers to quickly and easily design shared-memory parallel applications. About SGI SGI provides a wide range of high-performance computing and advanced graphics solutions that enable customers to understand and conquer their toughest computing problems. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, with offices worldwide, SGI is located on the Web at www.sgi.com and at www.sgi.com.au.
Press contacts: SGI: Paul Rushton, Marketing Director, SGI Australia & New Zealand [EMAIL PROTECTED], 02 8875 9500
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