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 From : Ilya Dikarev                         2:463/984      27 Nov 2003  03:20:25
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 [ From: Igor Muzykantov <Igor_Muzykantov@f5.n5021.z2.fidonet.org>          ]
 [ Subject: AMD64                                                           ]
 [ Newsgroups: world.su.hardw.pc.cpu                                        ]
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 Dear All!
 
 http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=12749
 
 PathScale AMD64 compiler delivers up to 40% better performance
 
 Could this break Itanium's back and usher in the Yamhill era?
 By Mario Rodrigues: Wednesday 19 November 2003, 09:56
 CALIFORNIA based PathScale, which develops technologies that increases the
 performance and efficiency of Linux clusters, has announced AMD64 compiler
 support. The company claims that its 64-bit version for AMD Opteron-based Linux
 servers are the highest performing by a margin of up to 40%.
 
 If this performance is as good as it sounds, could it signal Itanium's death
 knell and Yamhill's formal entry into the world?
 
 AMD64 technology is currently on a roll in the HPC community. And now with Sun,
 the second major OEM to follow IBM and take AMD64 onboard, those companies which
 espouse an Itanium only approach for the transition to 64-bit computing must now
 be re-considering their strategy. If not, hope is not a plan for success.
 
 The PathScale compiler suite is based on technology originally developed by
 SGI. The company says that the optimization infrastructure of its compiler
 technology is generally considered to be one of the most advanced in the
 industry. Dr. Fred Chow, recognized as one of the world's leading authorities on
 compiler technology and formerly chief scientist for compilers at SGI, leads the
 PathScale compiler development team.
 
 PathScale claims that in both floating point and integer intensive benchmarks,
 its compilers substantially out-performed its competing counterparts. It also
 says that these compilers deliver balanced performance as measured by SPEC
 benchmarks and real application code.
 
 "Based on more than 60 interviews with users of high-performance computing
 systems within large organizations, there is a clear market need for a balanced,
 64-bit, fully-supported compiler for the AMD Opteron processor," said Len
 Rosenthal, VP of marketing at PathScale. "We have witnessed very strong HPC
 end-user interest in Opteron processor-based servers. The added performance of
 the PathScale Compiler Suite is expected to increase this interest and make the
 AMD Opteron the preferred processor choice for Linux clusters, altering the
 balance of power in the competition between AMD and Intel in the
 high-performance 64-bit market."
 
 PathScale's Compiler Suite includes C, C++, and Fortran 9X compilers which it
 claims delivers:
 
 Industry-leading optimizations
 Complete support for 64-bit and 32-bit compilation
 Native code generation for the AMD64 ABI
 Compatibility with GNU/GCC tool chain and debuggers
 Binary and source code compatibility
 
 PathScale says its compilers will be available in the first quarter of 2004. ч
 
 Best regards,
             Igor ICQ# 4437384 (rsr@hotpop.com)
 
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