Fortran compiler Absoft Pro Fortran 11.1 now Intel-only
updated 11:00 pm EDT, Thu October 14, 2010
Adds dynamic load-balancing, more
Absoft today updated Pro Fortran to v11.1, considered a major release by the company and designed for multi-core systems, now including Dynamic AP load-balancing -- a proprietary technology that results in significant performance enhancements in SMP and HPC environments.
The company, who develop compilers and high-performance Fortran tools with parity for all three major platforms, claim a 20 percent performance increase against their own v11 software on a typical eight-core AMD Linux system. The new v11.1 binaries are fully compatible with Fortran v10 and later, so users need only recompile to see the performance gains.
Other features in the new version include OpenMP v3 support, CUDA GPU support, Apple C/C++ support via plug-in, a graphical SMP code/vector analyzer for code tuning, and Fortran 2003 ISO C bindings, resulting in a new –05 optimization level.
The suite includes the Fortran 90/95 compiler with legacy and F2003 extensions, Fx3 graphical debugger, the new SMP analyzer, the Fortran IDE (with new C/C++ compatibility), 2D/3D libraries, math libraries, and the MRWE application framework along with technical support. Options include the IMSL numerical library, which offers over one thousand special function routines.
Absoft Pro Fortan v11.1 pricing starts at $299, with Mac and Linux versions available now (Windows version coming soon). System requirements for the Mac include an Intel Mac CoreDuo or better system running 10.4.8 or higher alongside XCode 2.4 or better. Upgrade pricing and a free trial are also available.
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The last PPC-compatible version of Absoft Pro Fortran is v9.5. It is still available on Absoft's website. What this means, of course is that v10.x was Intel-only as was the version that v11.1 replaces, v11.0.