PathScale Ships EKOPath Compiler Suite 2.0

Enterprise Networks & Servers, Jan 2005

PathScale, developer of software and hardware solutions to accelerate the performance and efficiency of Linux clusters, is now shipping Version 2.0 of its EKO-Path compilers for C, C++ and Fortran 77/90/95. This new version is available immediately at no additional cost to all current PathScale subscribers. A 30-day free trial download is available to new customers at www.pathscale.com/trial.php

"The PathScale EKOPath Compiler Suite offers the world's fastest applications performance for 64-bit Linux clusters," said Scott Metcalf, CEO of PathScale. "Developers targeting 64-bit Linux servers will realize immediate performance benefits by switching over to EKOPath 2.0."

EKOPath Version 2.0 can produce performance improvements of 20 percent or more for many HPC applications when compared to earlier PathScale compilers, and up to 40 percent faster applications performance over alternative compiler products.

The new version of the EKOPath Compiler Suite introduces enhancements including support for OpenMP 2.0 for Fortran, the industry-standard Application Program Interface that allows programmers to parallelize applications on a multi-processor node. It also supports a PathScale-optimized AMD ACML 2.5 Core Math Library to ensure the highest possible math function performance from applications running on AMD64 platforms.

PathScale EKOPath compilers now support the Intel Xeon EM64T 64-bit X86 architecture. This enables programmers to standardize on a single compiler suite for all 32- and 64-bit x86 computing applications. All PathScale compilers now include an advanced serial debugger known as Pathdb, the industry's only "backwards stepping" debugger.

Features of the EKOPath Compiler Suite 2.0 include the following, according to PathScale.

* World's highest performance C, C++, and Fortran compilers for Linux.

* Latest OpenMP 2.0 standards for Fortran (including workshare).

* Comprehensive support for AMD64 and Intel Xeon EM64T processor families.

* Developers can standardize on a single compiler for all 32- and 64-bit x86 applications.

* Advanced Pathdb serial debugger for C, C++ and Fortran.

* Compatible with GNU/gcc tool chain and popular third party debuggers.

* Supported on SuSE, RedHat, and Fedora Linux.

* Up to 20 percent better performance than previous PathScale compiler releases.

* Up to 40 percent faster performance over alternative compiler products.