TotalView 4.0 shippingFramingham 08 Feb 00"We are very impressed with the ease-of-use and scalability of the TotalView 4.0 debugger," said Doug Johnson, systems specialist, The Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC). "The flexibility of the command line interface allows us to work directly with scripted commands when it's not practical to use a graphical interface. We are able to meet our development needs in considerably less time and at a much more sophisticated level by incorporating TotalView into our major HPC platforms." "We use TotalView for the development of our parallel reservoir simulator," said Gary Li, senior staff research scientist for Chevron Petroleum Technology. "TotalView allows us to step through code, dive into variables and switch between processes. It is an indispensable tool for debugging parallel code on a distributed memory machine. Work that used to take days to do now takes hours. And frankly, I don't think I could have found some of the bugs without the help of TotalView." The significant enhancements in TotalView 4.0 include support for new compilers including SunPro 5.0 and Guide OpenMP cross-platform compilers on the IBM, SGI, Compaq and Intel Linux platforms; new platform versions including the IBM AIX 4.3 PowerPC, and Linux on both Intel and Alpha platforms; and a number of performance and functionality enhancements. TotalView 4.0 also supports 64-bit IBM AIX applications with the ability to debug both 32- and 64-bit programs in a single session. Etnus is also introducing a one-user, one-processor license option. Previously TotalView was only available with license options for two or more processors. This new entry-level license option is the result of direct customer feedback indicating that TotalView is excellent for single process debugging in addition to its multiprocessor capabilities. TotalView licenses now start at $750. TotalView has achieved widespread acceptance as the parallel debugger of choice throughout the high performance computing community for its support of multi-process and multi-threaded applications such as the complex codes used to model nuclear physics and oil reservoir simulation, the sophisticated econometric applications used for predicting stock market trends, and many high-end applications used in large computing and research laboratories. The GUI-based, single- and multi-process debugger shortens development time via an easy-to-learn and easy-to-use "select-and-dive" approach. TotalView enables developers to unravel and control multiple threads and processes running on single or multiple processor systems. The debugger automatically acquires related processes and threads and graphically displays data arrays. Users can easily dive on program objects and structures for more detail. Etnus was previously the ToolWorks group of Dolphin Interconnect Solutions, and was established as a wholly-owned business in August, 1998. During 1999, Etnus achieved more than 50% growth in gross revenue with even faster growth in license and maintenance sales. Etnus supports developers and major system vendors by providing multiprocessor, multi-node debugging and performance analysis tools. TotalView(TM) scales beyond the capability of any other debugger and is deployed on systems of all sizes in a wide range of industries, including aerospace, automotive, finance and manufacturing.
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