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Tuesday March 17, 2009 20090317

• Sun Studio Express 3/09 Released!

Sun Studio Express 3/09 compilers and tools was released today!

You can download it off the Sun Studio portal.

Available on Solaris, OpenSolaris, and the latest Linux distributions (Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SuSE Linux Enterprise, CentOS, Ubuntu), new 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 (see the DLight Tutorial)
  • dbxTool - New standalone GUI debugger
  • MPI performance analysis in the Performance Analyzer
  • Full OpenMP 3.0 compilers and tools support
  • NetBeans IDE 6.5 including new remote development feature

This release is a preview of the next major release of Sun Studio 12, and you can participate in the Sun Studio 12 Update 1 Early Access program.

By participating in the Early Access Program, you will have the opportunity to evaluate new capabilities of Sun Studio software, provide your feedback to the product team and influence future product releases.

Participating in the Early Access Program

  1. Download Sun Studio Express 3/09. Sun Studio Express 3/09 is the official build used for the Sun Studio 12 Update 1 Early Access Program.
  2. For installation instructions and new feature information, see the March 2009 Express readme. Then check out the Express wiki pages to learn more.
  3. Visit the Early Access Forum to discuss issues and receive advice from the Sun Studio community, including Sun Studio engineers
  4. To submit a bug or request a feature (RFE), please visit: http://bugreport.sun.com/bugreport/. Please populate the field titled "Release" with the value "Sun Studio Express."
  5. Complete and submit the Sun Studio 12 Update 1 Evaluation Survey, which will be available March 25. This is the primary way to provide your feedback to the product team.
Yea!


( Mar 17 2009, 05:51:45 PM PDT ) [Sun Studio] Permalink

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