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Update on Intel's OS X Software Development Tools

by Fabienne Serriere Jan 20th 2006 at 11:00AM

I have a bit of an update to my previous post on Intel's release of Fortran, C , and Math Kernel Libraries for OS X. In an article at ZDNet, James Reinders of Intel notes that to take full advantage of the Intel Core Duo dual processors for OS X applications, programmers will need to use these tools. This sounds like a bit of marketing hutzpa, but maybe it's true that XCode in and of itself won't be tuned for dual core processors.

Also, pricing has been released for the tools (currently in beta) set to release in Summer of 2006:
  • Intel® C Compiler for Mac OS: $399
  • Intel® Fortran Compiler for Mac OS: $499
  • Intel® Math Kernel Library for Mac OS: $399
  • Intel® Integrated Performance Primitives for Mac OS: $199
I sure hope they have educational discounts for the numerous researchers in science and math who commented on the last post.

[via MacFixIt]

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christian

I don't think Intel is giving away their Linux compilers to academics and research labs. Read the FAQ at http://www.intel.com/cd/software/products/asmo-na/eng/linux/219692.htm. "Non-commercial means that you are not getting compensated in any form for the products and/or services you develop using these Intel Software Products."
Christian

January 22 2006 at 12:38 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Andrew Witte

No idea if Objective-C is supported. If you care about performance, though, you probably wouldn't be using Objective-C in the first place.

January 20 2006 at 10:21 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Sonyc

Is Objective-C supported ?

January 20 2006 at 12:38 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
cuetip

For academic and research uses, Intel basically gives away their compiler for free on the Linux platform, so I wouldn't be surprised if they stuck with that for MacOS X.

In terms of the difference between gcc and Intel's compiler, in my experience (purely with scientific computing) Intel's offering produces much better optimized code, but gcc is not necessarily horrible.

January 20 2006 at 12:14 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jay

And gcc and Xcode are free. No matter how good they are, that's way too expensive for anyone other than corporate developers. Good to see that Intel still doesn't "get it".

January 20 2006 at 11:31 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
William Henney

That is a little steep, especially considering that they give away the Linux version of their Fortran compiler.

January 20 2006 at 11:26 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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