Absoft Announces Availability of IMSL(TM) Fortran Numerical Library Optimized for 32-bit and 64-bit Linux; World Renowned Mathematical & Statistical Libraries Now Available for Absoft Customers Running Linux.

SEATTLE -- Absoft Corporation, a leading provider of software development tools, announced today at the Supercomputing 2005 "SC05" Conference in Seattle availability of Visual Numerics' IMSL(TM) Fortran Numerical Library version 5.0 optimized for Linux.

The IMSL(TM) Fortran Numerical Library is the gold standard mathematical and statistical function library for Fortran programmers developing high performance computing applications. The IMSL Fortran Numerical Library saves development time by eliminating the need to write code from scratch. Using only two or three of the IMSL Fortran Library's mathematical or statistical routines will more than pay for the product in application development time-savings alone. With this new offering optimized for Linux, the complete IMSL Fortran Numerical Library is now available to all Absoft customers regardless of whether they are using Linux, Windows, or Macintosh OS X platforms.

"Absoft and Visual Numerics have been collaborating on high quality Fortran solutions for almost a decade," said Phil Fraher, CEO of Visual Numerics. "Now, Linux Fortran developers worldwide can leverage the software expertise of our two companies through the reliable and robust combination of the Absoft compiler and the IMSL Libraries."

Visual Numerics' latest IMSL Fortran Numerical Library, version 5.0, includes new powerful and flexible interface modules for all applicable routines. These new interface modules allow users to utilize the fast, convenient optional arguments of the modern Fortran syntax for 100% of the relevant algorithms in the library, allowing for greater control and faster, simpler development of code. The IMSL Fortran Numerical Library provides full depth and control via optional arguments for experienced programmers, reduces development efforts by checking data-type matches and array sizing at compile time, and gives developers a simple and flexible interface to the library routines as well as speeds programming and simplifies documentation. At the heart of the IMSL Numerical Libraries lie the comprehensive and trusted IMSL mathematical and statistical numerical algorithms. The IMSL Fortran Numerical Library combines over 1000 fully tested and highly optimized algorithms and includes the complete IMSL F90 Library, the IMSL FORTRAN 77 Library, and the IMSL parallel processing features. Utilities are included to simplify large-scale computing with the ScaLAPACK library. Full documentation detailing each routine is included in PDF format.

"As Absoft continues to lead the market in platform availability and choices for deploying applications using the IMSL Fortran Numerical Libraries, the popularity and market demand for this outstanding product continues to grow," said Absoft executive vice president Jeff Livesay. "Over the past year we have expanded our relationship with VNI and look forward to introducing to our mutual customers other powerful product combinations from Absoft and VNI in the future."

The IMSL Fortran Numerical Library is available from Absoft as a standalone product, or bundled with Absoft's Fortran 95 v9.0 Compiler for Linux on AMD or Intel(R) 32-bit & 64-bit processors. The IMSL Fortran Numerical Library can also be optionally bundles with Absoft's High Performance Computing Software Development Kits (HPC SDK) for AMD Opteron(TM) or Intel(R)-based systems running Linux. Product and ordering information are available at www.absoft.com/Products/Libraries/imsl.html, by calling Absoft at [phone], or by emailing [e-mail].

For more information on Absoft's HPC SDK solutions, please visit: http://www.absoft.com/Products/Clusters/hpcsdk.html.

About Absoft Corporation

Celebrating 25 years of profitably offering software solutions, Absoft Corporation (Rochester Hills, Michigan) is a recognized leader in software development tools for Fortran, C/C++, and high-performance computing on Microsoft Windows, Apple OS X and Linux on 32-bit and 64-bit processors, from AMD, IBM and Intel. Absoft is an active business partner with AMD, Apple, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Motorola, and other major technology companies, with active customers using Absoft products numbering in the tens of thousands world wide. Absoft products are distributed globally through more than 200 resellers.

For more information, please contact Jeff Livesay at [phone] or [e-mail] or visit www.absoft.com.

About Visual Numerics

Visual Numerics has provided technical software solutions for numerical analysis and visualization for more than three decades. The company's software products help users understand complex data from a variety of sources and build business-critical applications. Visual Numerics offers two product lines: the ISL Numerical Libraries for powerful mathematical and statistical analysis and the PV-WAVE visual data analysis development environment. Visual Numerics also offers customized consulting services for applications that involved mathematical, statistical, or visual data analysis to meet today's business analytical needs.

Major corporations, academic institutions, and research laboratories worldwide use Visual Numerics' software tools, including such high profile companies as: Bear, Stearns & Company; Barclays Global Investors; Priceline.com; the Dow Chemical Company; Humana, Sandia National Laboratories; and Boeing Company. This large and diverse customer base is supported through a direct sales force, wholly owned international subsidiaries, and international distributors.

For more information about Visual Numerics, please visit www.vni.com.

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