November 19, 2002
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Visual Numerics Announces IMSL Fortran Library 5.0
New Optimization Algorithms and Improved Interface
SAN RAMON, Calif.-November 19, 2002--Visual Numerics, Inc., a leading provider of numerical analysis and visualization software, today announced an important upgrade to its widely used IMSL Fortran Library. The latest version of the Company's flagship IMSL product for Fortran developers, IMSL Fortran Library 5.0, has expanded its offering with a substantial number of new routines and easier to use interface modules. The IMSL Fortran Library 5.0 is the only comprehensive library of mathematical and statistical algorithms for Fortran developers available in one cohesive package. It combines the powerful and flexible interface features of the Fortran language with the performance benefits of both distributed memory and shared memory multiprocessing architectures.
"Fortran developers are often dealing with legacy systems and need high performance improvements when developing applications," said Phil Fraher, executive vice president of U.S. and Asia Operations for Visual Numerics. "The Fortran community is one of our largest and most loyal set of customers, and we are proud to introduce these marked improvements to our flagship Fortran product, which has become the industry standard."
Along with more rapid development time, the new IMSL Fortran Library also offers easier-to-use Interface Modules. The product uses the latest Fortran protocol throughout to include applicable optional arguments, which saves time and reduces complexity in programming. These features further improve IMSL's benefits to developers, including accelerating development time, reducing coding hassle, improving quality, and reducing development cost. The company has also added new optimization functionality and new statistical time-series algorithm codes, making it the most comprehensive set of Fortran libraries available and supported in a single package. The IMSL Fortran Library 5.0 integrates the 30-year-trusted IMSL libraries, which have become the most widely used math and statistical libraries for developing data analysis applications. The IMSL line includes libraries of high-end math and statistical codes that developers can embed directly into their Fortran, C, or Java code, thereby accelerating development, improving quality, and reducing development cost.
Because of the strong background Fortran has in high performance computing, Fortran appeals to highly performance driven numerical computation developers. Among the initial platforms onto which Visual Numerics will port the new version of its Fortran Libraries are HP's HP-UX and Tru64 Unix operating systems.
"HP has traditionally provided some of the most advanced systems for developers who need to compile complex data sets," said Steve Joachims, director of marketing for HP's High Performance Technical Computing division. "We are delighted that Visual Numerics has chosen to port its Fortran Numerical Libraries to our PA-RISC and AlphaServer systems platforms, as it gives Fortran developers one of the fastest solutions for writing and compiling statistical and mathematical applications."
The IMSL Fortran Library 5.0 is being introduced today at the Super Computing Show in Baltimore, MD. It will be widely available by early 2003, and pricing is dependent upon development and deployment requirements.
About Visual Numerics
Visual Numerics (www.vni.com) has provided technical software solutions for numerical analysis and visualization for over 30 years. The company's software products help users understand complex data from a variety of sources and build business-critical applications. Visual Numerics offers two product lines: the IMSL Numerical Libraries for powerful mathematical and statistical analysis and the PV-WAVE visual data analysis development environment. Visual Numerics also offers consulting services for applications that involve mathematical, statistical, or visual analysis. Major corporations, academic institutions, and research laboratories worldwide use Visual Numerics' software tools, including such high profile companies as: Bear, Stearns & Company; Sandia National Laboratories; Boeing Company; and Coleman Research Corp. This large and diverse customer base is supported through a direct sales force, wholly owned international subsidiaries, and international distributors. For more information about Visual Numerics, please visit www.vni.com.
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