From geoff@epcfta.edinburgh.ac.uk Thu Mar 16 09:33:59 1995 Received: from sun2.nsfnet-relay.ac.uk by dkuug.dk with SMTP id AA22611 (5.65c8/IDA-1.4.4j for ); Thu, 16 Mar 1995 10:33:28 +0100 Via: uk.ac.edinburgh.epcfta; Thu, 16 Mar 1995 09:32:59 +0000 From: Geoff Millard Date: Thu, 16 Mar 95 09:33:59 GMT Message-Id: <21004.9503160933@epcfta.ed.ac.uk> Subject: Recent announcement To: sc22wg5@dkuug.dk Organisation: Edinburgh Portable Compilers Phone: +44 131 225 6262 Fax: +44 31 225 6644 X-Charset: ASCII X-Char-Esc: 29 The following recent announcement may be of interest. EDINBURGH PORTABLE COMPILERS TO SUPPLY HP AND CONVEX WITH COMPILER TECHNOLOGY FOR FORTRAN 90 & FORTRAN 95 EDINBURGH, Scotland, March 3,1995. Edinburgh Portable Compilers Ltd (EPC) announced today that it will provide its field-proven Fortran 90 Compiler technology to Hewlett-Packard Company and Convex Computer Corporation. EPC will be enhancing its Fortran 90 compiler to provide extensions commonly used by HP and Convex Fortran 77 users as well as Fortran 95 extensions. HP and Convex will each be combining the EPC front-end with their own optimising back-end technologies. Fortran is the acknowledged language of choice for scientific, engineering, mathematical and technical applications, with a vast body of established programs and libraries available. Fortran 90 is the latest ISO/ANSI standard version of the Fortran programming language. It incorporates all of the Fortran 77 standard so protecting the huge investment already made in Fortran 77 applications and libraries. New features provide greater expressive power, enhanced error detection, portability and regularity thus achieving better exploitation of modern hardware. Fortran 95 is already in draft form and this co-development between HP, Convex and EPC will position the HP and Convex systems as platforms for the future. Phil Ebersole, R&D Manager for HP's Workstation Systems Division said "our engineering and scientific customers often have a broad variety of heterogeneous computing platforms. HP selected EPC's Fortran 90 front end compiler technology so that we can ensure that our customers can obtain a compatible Fortran 90 implementation across many platforms, ensuring complete portability of their Fortran 90 applications. By combining EPC's Fortran 90 front end with HP's highly optimised back end technology our customers can take advantage of the latest Fortran 90 language features without giving up performance and cross language compatibility they have come to expect from HP compilers." "This agreement with EPC underscores Convex's multinational interests, demonstrated through strategic technology relationships with many leading research and development groups in Europe over the past decade" said John L. M. Hughes, Convex Vice President and General Manager of EAME Operations. "Convex recognises the investment and emphasis placed by the European Community on various aspects of HPCN, and we are delighted to have found, in EPC, an excellent partner to accelerate and support our Fortran 90 joint development project with HP." EPC's acclaimed Fortran 90 is already available on SPARC, MIPS, INTEL and IBM RS/6000 based UNIX platforms. By making the same Fortran 90 available on the HP and Convex platforms, users will benefit from the commonality offered across the widest range of UNIX systems. EPC is Europe's largest independent Compiler House which specialises in providing a range of high performance compilers for UNIX based systems. Geoff Millard, Chairman of EPC, said "We have invested substantially over the last few years to ensure that our Fortran 90 product is a premium product. We see this collaboration and co-development with HP and CONVEX as complementary to our strategic development plan." Hewlett-Packard Company is a leading global manufacturer of computing, communications and measurement product and services, recognised for excellence in quality and support. HP has 98,200 employees and had revenue of $25 billion in its 1994 fiscal year. Convex Computer Corporation (NYSE:CNX) is a leading world-wide supplier of high performance computing technologies. The company markets its products primarily to scientific, engineering and technical users in a wide variety of applications in areas such as seismic processing, reservoir simulation, computational chemistry, computer-aided engineering, image processing, aerospace simulations, data management and molecular biology. Convex has sold more than 1,395 systems to over 675 customers in 48 countries. The systems are sold and serviced through direct sales and an extensive distribution network. No details regarding availability were disclosed at this time. Contacts: Edinburgh Portable Compilers: In Europe: In U.S.A.: Derek Leadbetter Dr. Brian Staff Managing Director US Director of Marketing Tel: +44 131 225 6262 Tel: 1-800-EPC-1110 Fax: +44 131 225 6644 Fax: (408) 867 5317 The Hewlett-Packard Company: Jim Barbagallo HP Workstations, Marketing Communications Manager Tel: (508) 436 5049 Fax: (508) 436 5115 Convex Computer Corporation: Kathy Sowards Public Relations Manager Tel: (214) 479 4230 Fax: (214) 497 4848 /* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *\ * Name : Geoff Millard * * E-mail : geoff@epc.ed.ac.uk * * Phone : +44 131 225 6262 * * Fax : +44 131 225 6644 * * Organisation : Edinburgh Portable Compilers Ltd * * Address : 17 Alva Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH2 4PH * \* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */