STMicroelectronics Announces Collaboration With AMD to Supply the Portland Group Compiler Technology.Business Editors PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 24, 2002 Full Suite of Scalar and Parallel Linux and 64-bit Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Compilers and Tools to be made available for x86-64 Technology Platform The Portland Group(TM) Compiler Technology team of STMicroelectronics (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :STM (Scanning Tunneling Microscope) A microscope that can image down to the atomic level. An STM uses a piezoelectric tube with a tiny sharp tip at the end that is moved within nanometers of the object being sampled. ) today announced its collaboration with AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. to provide its acclaimed PGI PGI Protected Geographical Indication PGI Progiciel de Gestion Intégré (French: Enterprise Resource Planning) PGI Phosphoglucose Isomerase PGI Polish Geological Institute (Warsaw, Poland) (R) CDK Cdk cyclin-dependent protein kinase. (TM) turn-key Cluster Development Cluster development (or cluster initiative) is the economic development of business clusters. The cluster concept has rapidly attracted attention from governments, consultants, and academics since it was first proposed in 1990 by Michael Porter. Kit(R) package of compilers and tools for the upcoming AMD Athlon(TM) and AMD Opteron(TM) processors based on Hammer technology and x86-64 architecture. The x86-64 CDK toolset will consist of scalar and parallel Fortran, C and C++ compilers, debuggers, profilers, tools and utilities that simplify setup, management and application scalar and parallel development for Linux workstations, servers and clusters while maximizing performance. Significant recent additions to the Linux CDK are the OpenMP and MPI MPI - Message Passing Interface parallel debugger and profiler enabling the debugging and profiling of multi-threaded, multi-process and hybrid parallel software applications for Linux servers and clusters. Also, for the first time, the CDK will target the 64-bit Microsoft(R) Windows(R) operating system for the x86-64 architecture as well as Linux for x86-64. "The stability and performance of PGI's compilers and tools coupled with the simplified migration experience from x86 to AMD x86-64 technology stand to provide significant benefit to our customers," said Ed Gasiorowski, AMD's director of developer relations, Computation Products Group. "The PGI CDK toolset is comprised of efficient and high performance compilers and tools that will assist AMD in our goal of providing high performance, high-reliability computing solutions to industry end users. "It's gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. when a leader in general-purpose processor design and manufacturing chooses the PGI CDK compilers and tools as a key element of their solution set," said Vince Schuster, Director of The Portland Group Compiler Technology and former CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of The Portland Group, Inc. "There has been a significant increase in the demand for our cluster development software which we believe is stemming from the use of x86 processor systems to standardize methods, minimize costs and maximize performance while staying on the cutting edge of processor development. AMD's x86-64 technology-based platforms should provide, by far, the easiest migration path for application developers wanting to move from 32-bit computing platforms to the more powerful 64-bit computing platforms." About STMicroelectronics STMicroelectronics, the world's third largest semiconductor company, is a global leader in developing and delivering semiconductor solutions across the spectrum of microelectronics applications. An unrivalled combination of silicon and system expertise, manufacturing strength, Intellectual Property (IP) portfolio and strategic partners positions the Company at the forefront of System-on-Chip (SoC) technology and its products play a key role in enabling today's convergence markets. The Company's shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. , on Euronext Paris and on the Milan Stock Exchange Milan Stock Exchange The largest regional stock exchange in Italy, facilitating more than 90% of the country's trading volume. . In 2001, the Company's net revenues were $6.36 billion and net earnings were $257.1 million. Further information on ST can be found at : http://www.st.com About The Portland Group Compiler Technology, STMicroelectronics The Portland Group Compiler Technology originates from the acquisition by STMicroelectronics of The Portland Group, Inc., the premier independent supplier of high-performance cluster development software, high performance scalar and parallel Fortran, C and C++ compilers and tools for high-end computing systems and Intel processor-based workstations, servers and clusters. Further information on The Portland Group Compiler Technology can be found at www.pgroup.com or call Sales at (503) 682-2806 or email sales@pgroup.com. All registered trademarks and marks are the property of their respective owners. |
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