Intel Fortran Compiler 9.0 has now been released. New features include:
- More features from Fortran 2003, including command line and system environment intrinsics
- The ability to INQUIRE about directories
- Full support for OpenMP 2.5, including WORKSHARE
- Multi-file routine interface checking
- Improved optimization at the default level (-O2)
- Loops can now be both vectorized and parallelized
- Software-based Speculative Precomputation optimization helps with shared-cache processors
- Improved debugger support for optimized code
- Ability to view PARAMETER constants in the debugger (not working in the initial release - will be available in the first update later in June.)
- Improved installation and license acquisition process
For more information on what is new in 9.0, see the Release Notes and the Product Information page.
Message Edited by sblionel on 06-15-2005 08:08 PM

