Pittsburgh, PA -- 11 November 2004 -- Terra Soft Solutions(R), Inc., the leading developer of integrated PowerPC Linux solutions is pleased to announce the 60-day betas of IBM's XL C/C++ Advanced Edition V7.0 for Y-HPC Linux and XL Fortran Advanced Edition, V9.1 compilers for Y-HPC Linux.
These beta releases provide Y-HPC customers the opportunity to evaluate and provide feedback on IBM's compilation technology.
"Beta availability of the IBM XL C/C++ and XL Fortran compilers for 64-bit Y-HPC is imperative to the success of our code development and HPC customers." states Owen Stampflee, lead engineer for Terra Soft Solutions.
Beta XL C/C++ Advanced Edition V7.0 for Y-HPC Linux and XL Fortran Advanced Edition V9.1 for Y-HPC Linux introduces IBM's existing highly optimizing Linux compilers to the Y-HPC platform supporting both 32- and 64-bit native compilation. The compilers provide:
- Portfolio of extensive loop and whole program optimizations.
- Language standards compliance (ISO C 1999, ISO C++ 1998 and revised ISO C++ 2003, FORTRAN77, Fortran 95 and subset Fortran 2003 draft).
- Support for IBM and industry extensions such as OpenMP API V2.0, gcc/g++ source compatibility (subset).
XL C/C++... or contact IBM at xl_beta@ca.ibm.com
XL Fortran
About Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
Terra Soft is a leading Integrated Solutions Provider with proven expertise in the PowerPC architecture and Linux OS platform. As an Apple Authorized Proprietary Solutions Provider and IBM Business Partner, Terra Soft provides turnkey and build-to-order portables, desktop workstations, application and network servers, and HPC clusters. Terra Soft offers both 32-bit and 64-bit distributions to the Linux on POWER developer community.
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