The Absoft Fx2 debugging solution is a tflexible and comprehensive serial debugger available for Fortran developers, and Fx2 options are also available for debugging in parallel environments. The feature-rich Fx2 debugger also works well for C/C++ and assembler debugging, making Fx2 the industry's most efficient, most complete single node debugging solution. The PathScale EKO compiler suite for Fortran 77/90/95 and C/C++ is the world's highest-performance 64-bit compiler for Linux clusters powered by AMD Opteron and Athlon64 processors.

"Absoft has delivered an excellent debugger for Fortran and C-language development and is the first third-party automated debugging tool set formally certified as interoperable with the PathScale EKO compiler suite", stated Scott Metcalf, president and CEO of PathScale. "When used together, the Absoft debugging solution and PathScale compiler suite uniquely fill a market need for world-class, interoperable development tools that enable organisations to more easily create faster, more efficient Linux cluster applications."

The 1.2 version of the PathScale EKO compiler suite will be available from PathScale and its FastPath resellers worldwide starting on June 30, 2004. This new release will also provide support for SuSE 9.1 and Fedora Core 2, and significant performance improvements for both 64-bit and 32-bit applications. The Fx2 debugging solution is available directly from Absoft and from its resellers worldwide.