Intel Fortran Compiler is an important part of making software run at top speeds on Intel 32-bit architecture

Intel Fortran Compiler

The Intel Fortran Compiler 5.0 is an important part of making software run at top speeds on Intel 32-bit architecture and getting your software ready for Intel architecture-based 64-bit computers. Through the use of new compiler optimizations, such as the prefetch instruction and enhanced support for Streaming SIMD Extensions and Streaming SIMD Extensions 2, the Intel Fortran Compiler 5.0 can deliver dramatic application performance improvements. Using features like the unique Whole-Program Optimization (WPO) and Profile-Guided Optimization (PGO) can lead to even more dramatic application performance.

The advantage of these optimization techniques comes from the combination of innovative Intel hardware and software technology that delivers performance and value for systems based on the Intel processors, including the Pentium 4 and the upcoming Intel Itanium processors.

The Intel Fortran Compiler 5.0 plugs into the Microsoft Visual Studio environment as it runs on either IA-32 or Itanium processor computers and is substantially source code compatible with Compaq Visual Fortran. To be more specific, this special edition gives you flexibility. You can use the compiler to develop IA-32 applications using IA-32 systems or -- still using your IA-32 systems -- use the pre-release compiler to begin development of Itanium architecture based applications.

The Intel Fortran Compiler for IA-32 and Itanium architecture based application development is backed by the industry-leading support team at Intel. They provide timely, relevant assistance via secure personalized Internet accounts.

Make performance a competitive advantage in your application today -- use the Intel Fortran Compiler 5.0.

Full Fortran-95 support

Support for OpenMP v1.1 for parallel programming on multi-processor Windows NT and Windows 2000 machines

Addition of pre-release Intel Itanium architecture compiler development system to allow cross compiling for the Intel Itanium architecture

Full support for Pentium 4 processor with advanced Intel NetBurst micro-architecture including Streaming SIMD Extensions 2 (SSE2) instructions which allow double precision vectorization

Improved run time diagnostic support

Features Summary

Optimization features for Intel Pentium and Itanium processors	Plugs into the IA-32 Microsoft Visual Studio development environment	Work with the tools you already know and use and preserve your investment in a leading integrated development environment
	Excellent floating-point instruction throughput	More efficient use of the stack to deliver improved floating point performance
	Data prefetching	Speeds delivery of data to processor for improved performance
	Interprocedural Optimization (IPO)	Uses application profile feedback to guide the compilation process for best performance.
	Profile-Guided Optimization (PGO)	Uses application profile feedback to guide the compilation process for best performance.
	Enhanced Debugger (EDB) from Intel	Allows you to view the Streaming SIMD Extension regisgters of the Pentium III and Pentium 4 processors.
	Compatibility with Compaq Visual Fortran	Start taking advantage of new Intel Pentium 4 processor performance features TODAY!
Optimization features for the Intel Pentium Processors	Full support for Intel Streaming SIMD Extensions 2	Start taking advantage of new Intel Pentium 4 processor performance features TODAY!
	Automatic vectorizer	Deliver increased performance by taking advantage of parallelism in your code -- automatically!
	Runtime support for Intel Processor generations: processor dispatch	Enables you to automatically or manually generate multiple code paths depending on the processor for which the code is being targeted.
Optimization features for the Intel Itanium Processor	Predication	Improves performance by reducing branch mispredicts
	Improved branch prediction	Improves performance by better management of situations involving branches
	Speculation	Improves performance by preparing operations before they are needed
	Software pipelining	Improves performance of loops
System requirements	Available on the development system of your choice from multiple computer hardware manufacturers
Quality customer support, direct from Intel	Keeps you productive