Absoft to Provide High Performance Computing Software Developers Kit for IBM Linux On POWER Clusters and Servers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Absoft to Provide High Performance Computing
Software Developers Kit for IBM Linux On POWER™ Clusters and Servers

High Performance Computing hardware and software from Absoft designed to
maximize performance for software developers on IBM HPC servers and clusters

Supercomputing 2004, Pittsburgh, PA (November 9, 2004) – Absoft
Corporation today announced it will manage, sell, and support a new High
Performance Computing (HPC) Software Developers’ Kit (SDK) for IBM Linux
on POWER™ clusters and servers. The new Absoft HPC SDK is expected to
become the standard HPC Development Kit offered to developers for IBM
Linux on POWER servers and clusters.

The new kit will include compilers, debugging solutions, message passing
libraries, numerical libraries, and other software tools used by
developers in the “Build-Debug-Run-Optimize” development cycle for
high-performance computing applications.  Tools included in the SDK are
from IBM, Absoft, and other manufacturers and open source providers.

Easy to install, simple-to-use and incorporating the most powerful
best-of-breed high performance computing development tools available,
the new Absoft HPC SDK will be developed for all configurations of IBM
Linux on POWER clusters and servers.  The basic HPC SDK comes
pre-configured and includes: IBM’s performance leading XL Fortran and XL
C/C++ compilers, Absoft’s multi-platform compatible Fortran95 compiler,
Absoft’s multi-language Fx2 Debugging Solution, IBM’s highly optimized
ESSL Mathematical and Scientific Libraries and LAM/MPI.  The HPC SDK
also comes with a common installer and a common license manager
available exclusively from Absoft.

“IBM shares with Absoft a mission to provide our clients with simplified
and cost effective applications for high-performance computing,” said
Brian Connors, vice president of Linux on POWER, IBM Systems &
Technology Group. “This announcement is yet another example of IBM's
deep commitment to our partners as we expand the Linux on POWER
ecosystem and provide our mutual customers what they’re looking for -
the highest performing, most reliable solutions available anywhere.”

Other enhanced SDK options will soon include floating network licenses,
a parallel debugger, performance analysis tools, memory tuning software
and more. Top products from other vendors and open sources will be made
available.  Availability of the HPC SDK for Linux on POWER is expected
in late 2004 directly from Absoft and IBM for IBM Linux on POWER
configurations running SUSE SLES 9 or Red Hat’s RHEL 3 or later Linux
distributions.  Support for Linux Standard Base 2.0 is also planned.

“We are pleased to expand our business relationship and product
offerings with an industry leader like IBM in the high performance
computing market.” said Wood Lotz, President of Absoft.  “The HPC SDK
combines the latest and best-performing tools for high performance
supercomputing with Linux on Power in a complete, cost effective
package.  The purchase and installation process is simple – when you
receive the software it just works – everything is designed to be
pre-configured and easily installed so that HPC developers can be
productive from the moment they receive this solution from Absoft and IBM.”

The Absoft HPC SDK is expected to be available for shipment beginning in
December 2004 as a pre-configured package based on the number of
processors and the number of simultaneous users on the HPC system.
Prices start at $5,000 for commercial versions. Academic discounts are
also available.  Product and ordering information are available at
http://www.absoft.com/Products/Clusters/hpcsdk.html, by emailing
sales@absoft.com, or by calling Absoft directly at 248-853-0050.

About Absoft Corporation
Based in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Absoft Corporation is a world leader
in software development tools. Since 1980 Absoft has led the scientific
and engineering software community by introducing the first commercial
32-bit Fortran compilers for Macintosh, Windows-NT, Linux and HPC
environments. Absoft business partners include: Apple, IBM,
Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Microsoft, Motorola, Cray Research, Sun and
Silicon Graphics. Absoft is the sole provider of source-compatible
Fortran and debugging solutions for all of today’s leading computing
platforms. Major educational institutions, research laboratories, and
Fortune 2000 companies use Absoft tools worldwide.

For more information about Absoft, visit http://www.absoft.com, e-mail
sales@absoft.com, or
call 248-853-0050.
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Contact:

Jeff Livesay
Executive Vice President
Absoft Corporation
p.248-853-0050
jal@absoft.com

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