Lahey Announces Lahey/Fujitsu Linux64 Fortran v8.0
for Intel© EM64T and AMD© AMD64 64-bit processors
Incline Village, Nev. U.S.A. – May 25, 2006 — Lahey Computer Systems, Inc. today announced the release of
Lahey/Fujitsu Linux64 Fortran v8.0. This full-featured
Fortran 95/90/77 64-bit language system includes new
enhancements for performance and ease of use. The LF64 v8.0
language system is currently available in an Express version
with a Pro version due out in June 2006.
Features of LF64 Linux v8.0:
Intel EM64T and AMD AMD64 optimizations
Unsurpassed diagnostics
Automatic Parallelization (Pro only)
OpenMP v2.0 support (Pro only)
New WiSK graphics package (Pro only)
BLAS / LAPACK (thread-safe) (Pro only)
Fujitsu's SSL2 math library (Pro only)
Small and medium memory models
Polyhedron Software (www.polyhedron.com) ran their suite of
Fortran benchmarks on a Pentium D820 dual core 2.8 GHz
processor, with 2 x 1MB L2 cache and 800 MHz FSB, and
running SUSE 9.3 Linux. Specifying the switches --fast -o, the
benchmarks ran an average of 21.8% faster than they did when
built with LF95 Linux v6.2.
According to Bill Lassaline, president of Lahey, "Within the
64-bit Linux market, Lahey recognized the need for a robust
Fortran with quality diagnostics. The LF64 v8.0 products offer
a solid 64-bit Fortran language system with advanced optimizations
and best-in-class diagnostics."
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