Intel is announcing today the availability of Version 8..0 of the Intel
Fortran Compilers for Windows and Linux, including Intel Visual Fortran
8.0,
the successor to Compaq Visual Fortran. The press release is at
http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20031209dev.htm You
can read
more about the release at
http://developer.intel.com/software/products/compilers/fwin/ (Windows)
and
http://developer.intel.com/software/products/compilers/flin/ (Linux).
Intel Fortran 8.0 combines the best technologies from Compaq Fortran and
Intel
Fortran to create a new line of compatible compilers for Windows and
Linux
that deliver outstanding performance on IA-32 and Itanium processor
systems.
On the Windows side, Intel Visual Fortran Standard Edition is available
now,
with a US suggested retail price of $499. (Microsoft Visual C++.NET
Standard
or higher must be installed in order to use Intel Visual Fortran.) A
Professional edition, with the new IMSL 5 library optimized for Intel
processors, will be available in early 2004. Note that Array Visualizer,
which
had been available only in the Pro edition of CVF, is now in the
Standard
Edition of Intel Visual Fortran.
For Linux users, the US suggested retail price is $699. For
non-commercial
users, a limited-support version is available by free download.
For both platforns, registering your purchase provides one year of
support
from Intel Premier Support, including all product updates and new
releases. A
free 30-day evaluation copy is available for both Windows and Linux.
Users of Intel Fortran with current support licenses can download the
8.0
release from their Premier Support account. For a limited time (but I
don't
know the end date), CVF 6.x users can upgrade to Intel Visual Fortran
8.0
Standard for only $200. An upgrade from CVF Pro will be made available
later
(and if you're interested in that, I suggest you wait for it.)
On a related note: Many of you are aware that I've been handling the
bulk of
CVF support requests for the past couple of years. As of today, HP
engineers
will take over responding to CVF support requests sent to the CVF
support
address.
If you have questions, please ask them in the user forum at the link
below.
Steve Lionel
Software Products Division
Intel Corporation
Nashua, NH
User communities for Intel Software Development Products
http://softwareforums.intel.com/
Intel Fortran Support
http://developer.intel.com/software/products/support/
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