Today we released Sun Studio 12! The last release of the compilers and tools was November 2005, and a lot has happened since then. Here's the semi-official announcement:

Sun is announcing the immediate, and free, availability of Sun Studio 12, the latest release of our venerable set of optimizing C, C++, and Fortran compilers and tools, for the Solaris and Linux platforms:

  http://developers.sun.com/sunstudio

With over an 8-fold increase in the number of participants in the Sun Studio 12 Early Access program (vs. Sun Studio 11), customers are excited about the following enhancements:

  * Brand new IDE
  * Compilers for Linux (first ever!)
  * New multithreading/multicore tools, including the new Thread Analyzer
  * Outstanding Performance- up to 25% increase over Sun Studio 11 (& up to 80% over GCC 4.1)
  * Improved GCC compatibility to ease adoption

What is Sun Studio?  Previously known as the SunOS compilers, SPARCworks, Sun Workshop, Forte Developer, and Sun ONE Studio, Sun Studio 12 includes the following key components:

  * Parallelizing C, C++, and Fortran compilers
  * Next-generation IDE based on NetBeans 5.5.1
  * Code-level debugger
  * Memory debugger
  * Performance profiler
  * OpenMP support
  * Optimized libraries, including Sun Performance Library
  * Multithreading tools

In addition, we are also announcing availability of the next Sun Studio Express build- 6/07. This makes available, for the first time, Project D-Light- initially demoed during James Gosling's keynote at JavaOne SF 2007.  This new profiling tool utilizes Dtrace technology to unify both system and application profiling in an easy-to-use drag 'n drop interactive interface.

  http://developers.sun.com/sunstudio/downloads/express.jsp

Of course, to assist our developer community in continuing to find success using our offerings, Sun offers a range (from incident to contract) of support options and training:

  http://developers.sun.com/services

For those who participate in, or have access to, developer communities, please help us spread the word on the availability of the new Sun Studio software.