On Friday 08 February 2002 04:03, Anuchit Aromsawa wrote:
> Hello all,
> I plan to install a linux & f90 compiler on Intel-base PCs for academic
> purpose. So I would like to know your favorite set of linux & f90 for
> clustering, parallel computing, etc. Which is bugless?
None is bugless. Any or all of the following could be a favorite choice in
the right circumstances. Note that I work for another division of Intel, and
do not speak for my employer.
Among the free implementations of MPI, mpich and lam have been successful
frequently. For a larger installation which requires support, MSTI MPI/Pro
is excellent.
For OpenMP, the choices of which I am aware are
Lahey (excellent, but no specific support for SSE/SSE2)
Intel ifc (version 6.0 preferred, but not available for free personal use)
Intel/KAI tools (likely to be renamed and made more affordable soon):
Guide for compiling,
Assure for verifying sequential consistency
For OpenMP, a recent linux kernel is important. For Hyper-Threading, kernel
2.4.17 (or later, if any) is required. Work is still needed on dealing with
the thread stack size limitation. While Intel compilers are designated as
supporting only redhat 7.1, they (particularly Fortran) work well with other
distributions based on up to date kernels.
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