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Overview The IBM XL Fortran Advanced Edition compiler for IBM Linux on Power™ is a standards-based, native 64-bit Fortran95 compiler with the industry's most advanced optimization features designed specifically to maximize performance on POWER4 and POWER5 based systems. The version designed for IBM Linux on Power™ highly optimized code which exploits the IBM PowerPC architecture within the Power series processors to create high performance applications. Its advanced optimization technology and VMX support help you create the highest performance 32- and 64-bit applications available for IBM processor architectures, including IBM's newest POWER5 and PowerPC 970 processors. All XL Fortran Advanced Edition purchases from Absoft include the full XL Fortran Advanced Edition version 9.1 for IBM Linux on Power™ plus the Absoft Fx2™ Debugging Solution™ and technical support at no additional charge. More... |
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Based on mature compiler technology from IBM, XL Fortran Advanced Edition version 9.1 for IBM Linux on Power™ features:
- Compliance with FORTRAN 77, Fortran 90, and Fortran 95 language standards.
- Partial draft Fortran 2003 standard support, including allocatable components, IEEE floating point exception handling, pointer with INTENT attribute, VALUE attribute, and PROTECTED attribute.
- Ability to use Fx2 or gdb to debug programs.
- Features specific to the IBM Linux on Power™
environment, including support for:
- Documentation integration with the native
IBM Linux on Power™ help architecture.
- Documentation integration with the native
IBM Linux on Power™ help architecture.
- Industry-leading optimization and performance,
using tools and compiler options developed and proven on previous XL
Fortran compilers, including:
- Various levels of the -O compiler option, that you can use to select mild to very aggressive program optimization, including the invocation of some or all of the compiler optimization options that follow below.
- -qpdf compiler option to enable Profile-Directed Feedback, which can use results from sample program execution to fine tune optimizations in conditional branches and frequently-executed code sections.
- -qipa compiler option to enable the Interprocedural Analysis tool, which can help the compiler optimize across multiple source files on a "whole-program" basis.
- -qarch, -qtune, and -qcache compiler options that let you tune your application to specific processor architectures and environments.
- -qhot compiler option that enables high-order
transformations to improve the performance of loops in your program.
- Interlanguage calls between Fortran and C/C++ programs, including code compiled with XL C/C++ Advanced Edition for IBM Linux on Power™, let you include C and C++ code segments in your Fortran programs and Fortran code segments in your C and C++ programs.
- Comprehensive documentation set, consisting
of:
- Installation Guide
- User's Guide
- Language Reference
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The IBM XL
Fortran Advanced Edition compiler for IBM Linux on Power™ is a high
performance F95 compiler based on the mature compiler technology of IBM
XL Fortran for AIX. The version designed for IBM Linux on Power™
is provided as a command line compiler and generates very fast Fortran
code for IBM Linux on Power™. Copies purchased from Absoft include
the full XL Fortran Advanced Edition version 9.1 for IBM Linux on Power™
plus the Absoft Fx2™
Debugging Solution and technical support at no additional charge.
The full American National Standard Fortran 90 language (referred to as
Fortran 90 or F90), defined in the documents American National Standard
Programming Language Fortran 90, ANSI X3.198-1992 and Information technology
- Programming languages - Fortran, ISO/IEC 1539-1:1991(E). This language
has a superset of the features found in the FORTRAN 77 standard. It adds
many more features that are intended to shift more of the tasks of error
checking, array processing, memory allocation, and so on from the programmer
to the compiler.
The full ISO Fortran 95 language standard (referred to as Fortran 95 or
F95), defined in the document Information technology - Programming languages
- Fortran - Part 1: Base language, ISO/IEC 1539-1:1997.
The XL Fortran Advanced Edition compiler helps you port or migrate source
code among Fortran compilers by providing full Fortran 90 and Fortran
95 language support. Selected language extensions (intrinsic functions,
data types, and so on) from many different compiler vendors are also provided.
To protect your investments in FORTRAN 77 object code, you can link Fortran
90 and Fortran 95 programs with existing FORTRAN 77 object modules and
libraries. To make programming and porting easier, XL Fortran Advanced
Edition Version 9.1 provides common industry extensions not found in Fortran
95.
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XL Fortran Advanced Edition for IBM Linux on Power™ is a new platform availability for the IBM Family of Fortran Compilers. Now includes the Fx2™ Debugging Solution™
XL Fortran Advanced Edition for IBM Linux on Power™ is included in the High Performance Computing Software Developers' Kit (HPC SDK).
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Extensions to the Fortran 95 standard:
- Industry extensions that are found in Fortran products from various compiler vendors, including OpenMP Fortran API Version 2.0 (fully supported and functional)
- Extensions specified in SAA Fortran
- Extensions to the Fortran 95 language are marked in the XL Fortran for AIX Language Reference.
- Some Fortran 2003 draft standard features
- Compatibility and migration support
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Source-code conformance checking
To help you find anything in your programs that might cause problems when
you port to or from different FORTRAN 77, Fortran 90, or Fortran 95 compilers,
the XL Fortran compiler provides options that warn you about features
that do not conform to certain Fortran definitions.
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XL Fortran Advanced Edition is shipped as a
command line compiler and was derived from IBM's family of compilers for
AIX. Features a wide range optimizing features that let you generate highly-optimized
32- or 64-bit application code to run efficiently on a wide variety of
processors and processor families, or you can opt to tune generated code
to run most efficiently on a specific processor or processor family. Not
only exploits the capabilities of the IBM PowerPC, POWER3, and POWER4
processor architectures, but also adds support for the new POWER5 processor
architecture. XL Fortran Advanced Edition for Linux also includes a complete
implementation of the OpenMP Fortran API, Version 2.0. You can use OpenMP
APIs to take advantage of improved program performance potential on machines
featuring multiple processors.
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December 19 2004
- Electronic Delivery full Media Documentation
December 31 2004
- Mail orders shipped
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| Terms and Conditions |
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Agreement: IBM End User License Agreement.
The IBM End User License Agreement (EULA) should be reviewed prior to purchase of XL Fortran Advanced Edition.
Limited warranty applies: Yes
Warranty: This
program has warranty for a minimum of one year from acquisition from Absoft.
The warranty provided to the customer, for at least one year from acquisition,
is access to data bases (read Web sites) for program information, FAQs,
including any known fixes to defects, which the customer can download
or obtain otherwise and install at their leisure.
Software maintenance applies: Yes
IBM includes one year of Software Maintenance with the initial license acquisition of each program acquired. The initial period of Software Maintenance can be extended by the purchase of a renewal option that is available.
MaxFlex· Flexible Licensing available: Yes
Floating Network Licenses available: Yes
Copy and use on home/portable computer: No
Volume orders: No
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Recommended Minimum
- IBM Power™ Series processor: Power4 or Power5
- 256MB RAM
- 130MB HD space
IBM XL Fortran is specially designed and optimized for clusters using
IBM's Power 4 and Power 5 architecture running Linux. The specific operating
system versions supported are:
- SUSE™ Linux Advanced Server 9 (SLES 9)
- Red Hat™ Advanced Linux (RHEL) 3.0 AS, ES and WS
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No evaluation version is currently available.
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XL Fortran Compiler Advanced Edition version 9.1 works with:
- Fx2™ Debugging Solution™ (included with XL Fortran orders from Absoft)
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| Technical Support |
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Full technical support from friendly technicians 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.
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User Guide
Installation Guide
Language Reference
Technology Preview
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The default debugger supported by XL Fortran Advanced Edition is the free gdb command line debugger (designed for debugging C) which is included with IBM Linux on Power™ tools and utilities for developers. To give XL Fortran users more powerful Fortran debugging capabilities and a graphical user interface, Absoft includes its Fx2™ Debugging Solution™ with XL Fortran allowing you to develop and debug programs more effectively. Absoft's Fx2™ Debugging Solution™ for XL Fortran supports F77/F90/F95 features.
- Fx2™
Debugging Solution™ - now included with XL Fortran compiler
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None at this time
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| Additional Information / Notices |
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Support/Maintenance:
New copies of XL Fortran Advanced Edition purchased from Absoft include free support and maintenance for up to 12 months. Support is handled directly by Absoft support engineers during standard support hours. Please visit Absoft Support for support procedures.
At the end of the initial support period, customers
under current support may purchase Maintenance Renewal (see
price sheets). Customers falling out of continued support may purchase
Maintenance Reinstatement but at a higher price.
Press Release:
January 20, 2004 - Absoft Announces Availability
and Support for IBM’s High Performance XL Fortran Compiler for IBM
Linux on Power™
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