ILOG's CPLEX 6.0 Delivers Significant Performance Improvements.INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 1998--ILOG S.A. (NASDAQ/NMS:ILOGY) announced it is shipping a major new release of its CPLEX linear and mixed integer programming Integer programming Variant of linear programming in which the solution values must be integers. solvers. ILOG CPLEX optimizers are high performance libraries used by operations research operations research Application of scientific methods to management and administration of military, government, commercial, and industrial systems. It began during World War II in Britain when teams of scientists worked with the Royal Air Force to improve radar detection of and math programming professionals to develop strategic business resource allocation resource allocation Managed care The constellation of activities and decisions which form the basis for prioritizing health care needs applications in a wide range of industries, including transportation, telecommunications, manufacturing, finance, defense and health services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract . ILOG's CPLEX 6.0 optimizers deliver major improvements in linear programming performance. Technological breakthroughs in both simplex and barrier algorithms have resulted in significant performance gains for large linear programming problems. On ILOG's internal test suite of large problems, CPLEX 6.0 outperformed CPLEX 5.0 by an average of 4.5 times, 2.3 times, and 3.6 times, respectively, for simplex, barrier, and barrier crossover algorithms. Several extremely large problems were solved over 40 times faster with CPLEX 6.0. For even higher performance, in release 6.0, CPLEX Parallel Solvers are available on an expanded list of SMP (Symmetric MultiProcessing) A multiprocessing architecture in which multiple CPUs, residing in one cabinet, share the same memory. SMP systems provide scalability. As business increases, additional CPUs can be added to absorb the increased transaction volume. parallel architectures, including systems from DEC, Hewlett-Packard, Silicon Graphics and Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , as well as Intel based See Intel-based system. computers. Linear and even super-linear speed increases are possible with parallel implementations. "CPLEX 6.0 is an extraordinary new release. CPLEX has always been known for performance. Now we have raised the performance bar an order of magnitude A change in quantity or volume as measured by the decimal point. For example, from tens to hundreds is one order of magnitude. Tens to thousands is two orders of magnitude; tens to millions is three orders of magnitude, etc. ," said Todd A. Lowe, Executive Vice President, ILOG CPLEX Division. "Now it is possible to address business optimization problems that were completely out of reach only a year ago. By expanding the list of supported parallel architectures, ILOG delivers performance leadership in linear and mixed integer programming to a broader business audience." The new release is available now on most supported platforms. ILOG's CPLEX libraries are available for a variety of computer systems from Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, DEC, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Silicon Graphics and other vendors; CPLEX 6.0 is also available for personal computers running Windows 95, Windows NT, Solaris and Linux. About ILOG ILOG is a leading provider of advanced C, C++ and Java software components for graphics and resource optimization. ILOG products deliver high performance data visualization for user interfaces; integer, linear and constraint solvers for resource optimization, scheduling, logistics and planning applications; dynamic rule systems for intelligent agents and real time data flow control; and components for integrating modules with real time and relational data sources. ILOG was founded in 1987, and now employs approximately 390 people in seven countries. ILOG recently acquired CPLEX, a leader in linear optimization. Visit www.ilog.com and www.cplex.com for additional information. -0- Note to Editors: CPLEX and ILOG are registered trademarks of ILOG. All other product and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. CONTACT: ILOG, Inc. Laurent Fanichet, 650/944-7126 fanichet@ilog.com |
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