Why Choose PGI
One PGI Unified Binary
PGI compilers are unique in their ability to generate PGI Unified Binary executables fully optimized for both Intel* EM64T and AMD64 processors. The PGI Unified Binary delivers all the benefits of a single x64 platform while enabling you to leverage the latest innovations from both Intel and AMD.
One High-Performance Compiler Solution
PGI compilers deliver world-class performance across a wide spectrum of applications and benchmarks. PGI compilers consistently rate among the highest performers in the industry on SPECfp_base2000, SPECompM2001, and the NAS Parallel Benchmarks. From a practical perspective, PGI is the compiler-of-choice and 64-bit performance leader for many widely-used research applications in the areas of geophysical modeling, mechanical engineering, non-linear dynamics, computational chemistry and high-energy physics.
One Integrated Suite of Multi-core Development Tools
Maximum performance is only one aspect of a production-quality compiler suite. Usability translates into productivity. Several key advantages separate the PGF95™, PGCC®, and PGC++™ compilers from other compiler products. Features like blindingly-fast compilation speed, fully-integrated graphical PGDBG® and PGPROF® parallel MPI/OpenMP* application debugging and profiling tools, comprehensive documentation, extensive online tutorials for porting 64-bit applications, and outstanding technical support.
One Cross-platform Development Environment
PGI compilers and tools support a broad range of popular high performance computing platforms. PGI compilers are supported on, and can generate fully optimized code for 64-bit x64 AMD64 and and Intel EM64T processors and 32-bit x86 processors. PGI compilers and tools run on over 30 popular Linux*, Mac OS X* and Windows* releases, including Linux distributions.
One Solution for the World's Most Demanding Applications
PGI compilers are building the 64-bit applications infrastructure. Leading commercial applications being built with PGI compilers and tools include ANSYS*, ADINA*, MSC.MARC*, POLYFLOW*, STAR-CD*, LS-DYNA*, RADIOSS* and GAUSSIAN*. Leading community research applications including AMBER*, CHARMM*, MOLPRO*, GAMESS*, MCNP5*, POP*, MOM4*, MM5*, CAM* and WRF2* are pre-validated with each release of the PGI compilers and tools.
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