Industry-Leading Compiler Developers to Focus on High Processor Count Applications

“This will allow PathScale LLC to focus on delivering even greater
compiler performance and multicore processor scalability,” said
Margaret Lewis, director, Commercial Solutions, AMD. “PathScale remains
an important member of the ecosystem of AMD partners who are working
with AMD to evolve multicore processing.”

“The PathScale compiler suite is highly valued by a number of our
customers in underpinning their investment in Streamline's Linux
Cluster Solutions,” says John Taylor, CTO of Streamline Computing. “We
welcome the news that this technology is to be developed further in
support of X86/64-based architectures, as well as being used by
SiCortex for their innovative high-processor-count solution. We look
forward to continued interaction with the PathScale compiler team.”

“The HPC market has seen four years of extreme growth that has averaged
over 20 percent a year. This has led to a major increase in installed
processors running technical problems with over three million
processors installed in 2006. With multicore processors now coming on
strong, we expect that the number of processor cores sold into HPC
market segments will exceed Moore's Law growth rates (more than
doubling every 18 to 24 months),” said Dr. Earl Joseph, program vice
president of high-performance systems for the research firm IDC.
“SiCortex and PathScale have developed interesting technologies in both
hardware and software and now can pool their expertise to address the
evolving market requirements.”

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