[yellowdog-announce] IBM Announces XL C/C++ and Fortran Beta Compilers for Y-HPC: Press Release 11 November 2004

[yellowdog-announce at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com]

IBM ANNOUNCES XL C/C++ AND FORTRAN BETA COMPILERS FOR Y-HPC

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).

 For further information, please refer to the following website after November 
17, 2004:

 XL C/C++:
 http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/xlcpp/features/linux/index.html

 XL Fortran:
 http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/fortran/xlfortran/features/linux/

... or contact IBM at xl_beta at ca.ibm.com


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 
PowerPC Linux distributions.

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