Sourcery VSIPL++ 1.2

Sourcery VSIPL++ 1.2 contains more: more portability, more performance, more parallelism, and more productivity. And since Sourcery VSIPL++ uses the open-standard VSIPL++ API, upgrading to Sourcery VSIPL++ 1.2 just means recompiling your application.

Microsoft Windows

Sourcery VSIPL++ now supports the Microsoft Windows operating system, running on IA32 processors.

Solaris

Sourcery VSIPL++ now supports the Solaris operating system, running on SPARC processors.

Intel C++ Compiler

You can now compile Sourcery VSIPL++ with the Intel C++ Compiler. Intel C++ 9.1 is supported on both GNU/Linux and Microsoft Windows.

Mercury Scientific Algorithm Library

Sourcery VSIPL++ now makes use of more SAL library functions to deliver better performance on Mercury MCOE systems.

Intel Performance Primitives

Sourcery VSIPL++ now makes use of more IPP functions to deliver better performance on Intel hardware.

Single-Instruction Multiple Data Instructions

Sourcery VSIPL++ now takes more advantage of the performance capabilities offered by SIMD hardware, such as the PowerPC Altivec instructions and the Intel/AMD Streaming SIMD Extensions (SSE).

Much, much more...

A large number of performance improvements have been made to eliminate unncessary data movement, reduce overhead, and improve parallel performance.

Support for Mercury's Parallel Acceleration System

Sourcery VSIPL++ can now use the PAS API on Mercury MCOE systems.

Improved performance with Verari MPI/Pro

Sourcery VSIPL++ has now been tuned to provide improved throughput when using MPI/Pro on Mercury MCOE systems.

Integrated Profiling

Extensions to the VSIPL++ API provide the ability to gather performance data about your application as it runs.

Matlab I/O Support

You can now read and write data files in the Matlab file format.

Convenient Binary Packages

Sourcery VSIPL++ packages for both GNU/Linux and Microsoft Windows are now available.

Simplified Source Builds

You can now build Sourcery VSIPL++ from source code without using a Fortran compiler.