PathScale EKOPath™ Compiler Suite 2.0 To Include
OpenMP 2.0 Support
-- Flagship 64-bit Compiler Suite Gains Wide Industry Support and Wins
Award for Greatest Price Performance in a Software Application --
Pittsburgh, PA — November 5, 2004 —
PathScale, developer of innovative software and hardware solutions to
accelerate the performance and efficiency of Linux clusters, today announced
the PathScale EKOPath Compiler Suite Version 2.0 in conjunction with the
SuperComputing SC2004 show in Pittsburgh, PA. Version 2.0 of the EKOPath
Compiler Suite adds a number of performance enhancing features and
capabilities, including support for OpenMP, the inclusion of the AMD Core Math
Library, support for Intels EM64T, and the addition of a revolutionary serial
debugger.
The performance of the EKOPath 2.0 compilers continues to distance it from
the competition. EKOPath 2.0 supports OpenMP Version 2.0, the latest
industry-standard Application Program Interface (API) which allows programmers
to parallelize applications on a multi-processor node. In addition, EKOPath
2.0 now includes a PathScale-optimized ACML 2.5 library (AMD Core Math
Library). ACML 2.5 is designed for use by a wide range of software developers
to obtain the highest math function performance from applications running on
AMD platforms.
EKOPath 2.0 extends its performance leadership beyond AMD64 Linux
applications with support for the Intel EM64T. With EM64T support, programmers
can now standardize on a single compiler for all their 32- and 64-bit
computing needs. Finally, EKOPath 2.0 includes a new serial debugger, the only
'backwards stepping' debugger in the industry. Unlike gdb, the PathScale
debugger includes support for Fortran 77/95, as well as C and C++. The
PathScale debugger, command compatible with gdb, is included as a standard
part of the Pathscale EKOPath Compiler Suite.
Industry Recognition
PathScale's EKOPath Compiler Suite has recently been awarded the
"Readers Choice Award" for "Greatest Price Performance in a
Software Application". The award is to be presented at the Supercomputing
2004 Conference by HPCwire, the global weekly publication for High
Performance Computing (HPC).
"In 2004, the high performance computing space saw a number of hot
products and key innovations including the EKOPath Compiler Suite, which is
recognized by our readers as one of the year's milestone product developments
in 64-bit computing," said Tom Tabor, publisher of HPCwire.
"Congratulations to PathScale. The readers of HPCwire have shown great
enthusiasm in their support of PathScale's Readers Choice Award."
2004 has seen strong industry adoption of the EKOPath Compiler Suite. With
its clear performance advantages and superior correctness, EKOPath has become
the application benchmark compiler of choice. Companies such as AMD, HP, IBM,
Linux Networx and Sun all routinely use PathScale EKOPath compilers to
showcase the performance gains that can be achieved with their
AMD Opteron-based systems.
"We're very grateful to the HPC user community for this award,"
said Scott Metcalf, CEO of PathScale. "Were delighted with the continued
support that the Linux developer community and the leading computer systems
vendors have given our compilers. Our version 2.0 compilers continue our
commitment to providing industry leading performance and enhanced features to
accelerate the migration to 64-bit clustered computing."
Availability
The EKOPath Compiler Suite Version 2.0 will be available in December 2004,
with a Beta release during the week of November 15th. PathScale products are
available through the 25 leading Linux cluster solution providers in North
America, Europe and Asia that have joined the PathScale FastPath reseller
program ( http://www.pathscale.com/authorized_resellers.php) or from PathScales web
site (http://www.pathscale.com).
About PathScale
Based in Sunnyvale, California, PathScale develops innovative software and
hardware technologies that substantially increase the performance and
efficiency of Linux clusters, the next significant wave in high-end computing.
Applications that benefit from PathScale's technologies include seismic
processing, complex physical modeling, EDA simulation, molecular modeling,
biosciences, econometric modeling, computational chemistry, computational
fluid dynamics, finite element analysis, weather modeling, resource
optimization, decision support and data mining. PathScale's investors include
Adams Street Partners, Charles River Ventures, Enterprise Partners Venture
Capital, CMEA Ventures, ChevronTexaco Technology Ventures and the Dow
Employees Pension Plan. For more details, visit www.pathscale.com; send email to sales@pathscale.com or telephone
1-408-746-9100.
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