Intel Roll from Absoft Technical FAQs
Updated: 17-March-06



What versions of Rocks does the Roll work with? 17-Mar-06
What platforms does the Intel Roll by Absoft work with? 17-Mar-06
What is the difference between the Intel Roll by Absoft and the Intel Roll by Scalable Systems? 17-Mar-06


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Date: 017-Mar-06

Q. What versions of Rocks does the Roll work with?

A. The Roll has been tested on Platform Rocks 4.0 (Whitney), NPACI Rocks 4.0 (Whitney), and NPACI Rocks 4.1 (Fuji)

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Date: 17-Mar-06

Q. What platforms does the Intel Roll by Absoft work with?

A. The Intel Roll will work on 64-bit Intel Xeon, and AMD Opteron. i386 and Itanium are currently not available, please contact Absoft at sales@absoft.com if you are interested in those platforms.

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Date: 17-Mar-06

Q. What is the difference between the Intel Roll by Absoft and the Intel Roll by Scalable Systems?

A. The Intel Roll by Absoft has the following advantages:

  • Specially designed for use with Platform Rocks and Dell clusters
  • A comprehensive suite of best-of-breed compiler, debugger, math libraries, and MPI tools from both Intel and Absoft
  • The most comprehensive Fortran development environment available on the market Premier Absoft Fortran/C/C++ fx2 debugger included, works with all major compilers including Intel
  • Comprehensive suite of documentation available locally through a web page for all included components from Intel, Absoft, and Open Source
  • Pre-configured examples and benchmarks to get you running quickly
  • Installation and UserGuide available that highlight all the major features of the included tools to get you started quickly
  • Pre-compiled versions of ATLAS, HDF5, HDF4, LAPACK, LAPACK95, PLPLOT, SCALAPACK included
  • Most popular open-source and commercial MPI libraries included
  • Free technical support by phone and email on all included products for 1 full year included with all purchases
  • Free maintenance and upgrades for all components for one full year

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