Sun Studio Express 3/09, the official build used for the Sun Studio 12
Update 1 Early Access Program, is now available for download:
http://developers.sun.com/sunstudio/downloads/express/index.jsp
The Sun Studio Early Access build is available on Solaris, OpenSolaris
and the latest Linux distributions (Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SuSE Linux
Enterprise, CentOS, Ubuntu). Feature highlights since the Sun Studio 12
release include:
* C/C++/Fortran compiler optimizations for the latest x86
architectures from Intel and AMD including SSSE3, SSSE4a, SSe4.1, SSE4.2
compiler intrinsics support
* C/C++/Fortran compiler optimizations for the latest UltraSPARC
and SPARC64-based architectures
* DLight - New tool to utilize and visualize the power of Solaris
Dynamic Tracing (DTrace) technology
* dbxTool - New stand-alone GUI debugger
* Full OpenMP 3.0 compilers and tools support
* MPI performance analysis in the Performance Analyzer
* NetBeans IDE 6.5 including new remote development features
These new features are described in the readme and wiki pages:
Readme: http://developers.sun.com/sunstudio/downloads/ssx/express_March2009.html
Wiki pages: http://wikis.sun.com/display/SunStudio/Sun+Studio+Express+March+2009+Release
The Early Access program gives developers a chance to evaluate new
capabilities of Sun Studio software, provide their feedback to the
product team and influence future product releases. Please encourage
your customer's participation in this program so that we can gather
valuable feedback to assess the readiness of our release.
Sun Studio 12 Update 1 Early Access Program:
http://developers.sun.com/sunstudio/overview/earlyaccess/index.jsp
