SGI releases compilers for Linux

 Mountain View 15 May 00 SGI released its SGI Pro64 compilers for the Intel Itanium processor to the Open Source Software Community. These Linux compilers contain additional optimizations 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.

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 optimized 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 optimizing compilers
  • Fortran runtime libraries
  • Vector math library
  • OpenMP support library
  • Man pages
  • Assign command

 

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