Product Overview
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The new Absoft HPC SDK consists of pre-configured compilers, debuggers, math & message passing libraries and other software development tools that help you immediately compile, debug, run, and optimize HPC applications for Intel® Xeon™ and AMD Opteron® / AMD64 based clusters, grids and servers. Included with the kit is the new high performance Absoft Standard Fortran, Absoft C/C++ Technology Preview, Absoft's industry leading Fx2™ Debugging Solution, several pre-built message passing libraries LAM/MPI, MPICH-2, MPICH implementation, the Absoft Modules Environment, Absoft Examples and Benchmarks, several HPC math libraries, and free technical support. The Absoft HPC SDK includes everything developers need to compile, debug, run and optimize HPC applications in a single integrated package that installs in under five minutes - start compiling and running your HPC applications on your grid, cluster or server right away! This SDK includes Absoft Fortran Compilers for 64-bit Linux which combine state-of-the-art code generation and optimization technology with solid reliability and the industry's most complete list of tools and libraries into a single package. The Absoft Fortran Compiler v10 has been independently verified as the top performing Fortran compiler for 64-bit Linux on both Intel® Xeon™ and AMD® Opteron® / AMD64 processors. Absoft Fortran produces faster code than any other commercial Fortran compiler for 64-bit Linux on x64. Absoft V10 compilers are fully source compatible with previous Absoft compilers, allowing significant performance gains by merely requiring recompilation of existing programs. The Absoft HPC SDK is compatible with most 64-bit x64 hardware configurations running Linux. More… |
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| Key Benefits |
- The kit is pre-configured, and installs instantly and effortlessly. It just works!
- Exclusive Absoft Modules Environment allows you to easily select & switch between different tools and automatically reconfigure your environment at any time. Developers can now spend more time coding and less time trying to make their development environment work.
- Support and product maintenance included (along with free service packs and quick fixes)
- Gives you peace of mind that any questions or problems you have will be handled in a quick and prompt manner
- Absoft phone and email support for all included components
| Key Features |
- Complete Absoft HPC SDK includes:
- Absoft Standard Fortran for Linux
- Absoft C/C++ Technology Preview
- Fx2 Debugging Solution – for developer efficiency
- LAM MPI, MPICH-2, MPICH – for parallel execution
- Absoft Modules Environment (AME)
- Absoft Examples and Benchmarks
- Absoft Common Installer
- 12 months maintenance and support from Absoft
- Pre-configured software tools install easily and quickly - start developing and running applications within minutes
- Complete solution. Included tools support automatically parallelizing and vectorizing serial code
- Popular open source MPI implementation included
- 12 months of technical support, maintenance and updates at no additional charge
- Kit supports Linux on 64-bit Intel® Xeon™ and AMD Opteron® / AMD64 processors
- Absoft compilers ranked number one in performance on AMD Opteron® / AMD64 and Intel® Xeon™ by Polyhedron
- Absoft compilers are source compatible across Linux, Mac OS X and Windows
| Product Description |
The Absoft HPC SDK is a comprehensive kit featuring best of breed software development tools that enable developers to achieve maximum performance from clusters and grids based on Intel and AMD processors. The kit installs in less than five minutes and pre-configures the latest products from Absoft and includes: C/C++/Fortran compilers, Fx2™ Debugging Solution, Modules Environment, comprehensive documentation, examples and benchmarks. All components in the kit include one year of Absoft technical support and free upgrades. The Absoft HPC SDK is designed for 64-bit Intel or AMD based Linux clusters and grids allowing software developers to instantly begin compiling and running HPC applications on their new Intel or AMD-based clusters or grids running Linux.
| Special Features |
- Examples and benchmarks assist you to get up and running quickly
- Comprehensive documentation for all components included with installation
- Absoft user guide quickly points you to key features of included software
- Absoft Modules Environment (AME) is included for components allowing you to quickly switch between 32-bit and 64-bit tools and MPI stacks
- License servers pre-configured for all products in the kit
| Performance |
Innovative, industry-leading 64-bit Intel® Xeon™ and AMD Opteron® / AMD64 processor-based systems meet the high-performance demands for modern customers with a proven roadmap in 64-bit computing. 64-bit systems offer customers technology solutions that capitalize on the growing demand for 64-bit applications.
64-bit servers provide:
- Large memory capabilities
- Advanced floating point computing
- 64-bit addressability
These features allow companies to take full advantage of Intel® Xeon™ and AMD Opteron® / AMD64 processor technology to deliver high-performance applications, backed by a proven architecture.
The Absoft Fortran Compiler v10 has been independently verified as the top performing Fortran compiler for 64-bit Linux on both Intel® Xeon™ and AMD® Opteron® / AMD64 processors. Absoft Fortran produces faster code than any other commercial Fortran compiler for 64-bit Linux on x86/x64.
| Ease of Use |
The Absoft HPC SDK installs just by inserting the CD during your cluster installation. The kit allows you to quickly deploy your cluster with a ready-to-go comprehensive development environment.
| Availability Date |
Available now.
| System Requirements |
Recommended Minimum
- 64 bit machines
- AMD Turion, mobile x64AMD or Intel mobile x64
- Opteron 64-bit, Athlon 64-bit or Intel EM64T CPU
- 128 MB RAM
- 64-bit Linux
- OS must have 32-bit runtime support
- 32-bit glibc development package required to develop 32-bit applications
- Installs without modification on:
o SuSE 8.0 or later
o Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 or later
| Try and Buy |
Evaluations are not currently available
| Debugger Options |
Fx2™ Debugger — included with the kit
| Compatibility and Companion Products |
The following products are available for use with the Absoft HPC SDK:
Additional third party products can be found on Fortran resources.
| Technical Support |
Full technical support from professional support engineers who will help resolve any problems is included at no additional charge with each new product from Absoft. To ensure your software continues running at maximum efficiency, all registered Absoft customers can download service packs and quick fixes at no charge. Customers and partners can subscribe to Absoft's free electronic mailing list to receive electronic bulletins and update notices advising of new updates, changes in product releases, new product announcements and other news.
The Absoft HPC SDK includes 12 months of FREE technical software support from Absoft Corporation. Support on all components of the kit is provided by Absoft's friendly technical support engineers. With Absoft as the single point of contact, customers receive answers faster and save time and money while taking advantage of Absoft's 20 years experience as a developer and software solutions provider for Intel and AMD based applications.
The Absoft kit provides customers with a full set of the highest caliber tools for the compile, debug, run, optimize process of application development.
Absoft is the best choice for a single point of contact for customers to purchase the kit and receive top quality support.
| Order Information |
Product name: Absoft HPC SDK for 64-bit Linux (x64)
Orders: Contact sales
| Terms and Conditions |
Agreement: Absoft
Software License Agreement.
The following license agreements should be reviewed prior to purchase:
Limited warranty applies: Yes
Warranty: Absoft and its Licensors warrant that the media on which the software is supplied shall be free of defects in materials and workmanship under normal use for a period of 90 days from the date of purchase. For additional warranty information, see the Absoft Software License Agreement.
Premier Technical Support
Premier Technical Support includes free technical assistance for routine, short duration installation and usage (how-to) questions, limited code-related questions, access to the Absoft user forum and FAQ's and access to friendly technical support engineers via fax, email or telephone during normal support hours. Premier Technical Support is at no charge is as long as the purchased product version is current.
Please contact Absoft directly for further details or questions on Technical Support.
Disclaimer: Premier Technical Support cannot be used as a tutorial to assist in the design and development of applications, use of programs in other than their specified operating environment, provide instructions on general system operation or explore failures caused by products for which Absoft is not responsible under this agreement.
Initial Software Maintenance (ISM)
Initial Software Maintenance includes free electronic downloads of all interim Service Packs and Quick Fixes from Absoft. Version upgrades require separate purchase but at discounted prices.
Continuing Software Maintenance (CSM)
At the conclusion of the Initial Software Maintenance term (i.e. when a new version of the purchased product is released) customers may either purchase a Product Upgrade or within 30 days of the new product release, purchase Continuing Software Maintenance (CSM) for an additional 12-month maintenance term. Continuing Software Maintenance includes all elements of Premier Technical support plus all Product Upgrades issued during the 12-month Continuing Software Maintenance term. Annual renewals of Software Maintenance will be made available at low-cost to customers who renew within their unexpired Maintenance term.
For users electing not to renew Continuing Software Maintenance and having expired maintenance terms but later wishing to rejoin CSM, Reinstatement Software Maintenance (RSM) terms may be purchased.
Third party products distributed by Absoft are subject to license terms and policies of their respective manufacturers.
Please contact Absoft directly for further details or questions on Technical Support or Software Maintenance.
MaxFlex Flexible Licensing available: No
Floating Network Licenses available: Yes
Volume orders: Yes. Contact Absoft sales directly.
| Pricing for Absoft HPC SDK |
Contact sales@absoft.com with your hardware configuration and number of concurrent users for special introductory pricing.