Specifications

16 List of Compiler Vendors for AMD Processors Chapter 2
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Compiler Usage Guidelines for AMD64 Platforms
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
This application note also briefly discusses the GCC 4.2 compiler, which is the current GCC compiler
from the Free Software Foundation (FSF).
2.1.2 Intel
Intel provides C, C++, and Fortran compilers for EM64T and compatible architecture-based systems
running the Linux operating systems. The current version (as of August 2007) is 10.0.
2.1.3 PathScale
PathScale provides C, C++, and Fortran compilers for AMD64 architecture-based systems running
the Linux operating system. The current version (as of August 2007) is 3.0.
2.1.4 PGI
The Portland Group (PGI) Toolkits are composed of high performance C, C++, and/or Fortran
Compiler(s), a debugger, and a performance profiler for 32-bit and 64-bit AMD64 and EM64T
processor-based Linux. The latest PGI Edition 7 provides leading-edge application performance on
AMD64 next-generation systems and supports features like auto-parallelization, OS-native
multithreading, OpenMP multithreading models, and MPI programming for AMD64 architecture-
based multicore shared-memory and distributed-memory cluster-based systems. The current version
(as of Sept 2007) is PGI Release 7.1.
2.2 Compilers (64-Bit) for Microsoft
®
Windows
®
The following companies provide 64-bit compilers for Microsoft Windows.
2.2.1 Intel
Intel provides C/C++ and Fortran compilers for EM64T and compatible systems running the
Microsoft Windows operating system. The current version (as of August 2007) is 10.0.
2.2.2 Microsoft
®
Microsoft provides C/C++ compilers for AMD64 architecture-based systems running the Microsoft
Windows operating system. The current version is Visual Studio 2008.
2.2.3 PGI
The Portland Group (PGI) Toolkits are composed of high performance C, C++ and/or Fortran
Compiler(s), a debugger and a performance profiler for 32-bit and 64-bit AMD64 and EM64T
processor-based Windows platforms. The latest PGI Edition 7 provides leading-edge application