World's Fastest Compilers for 64-bit AMD and Intel-based Linux Clusters Continue to Build Strong Market Momentum

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- PathScale, developer of innovative software and hardware solutions to accelerate the performance and efficiency of Linux clusters, has been voted the 2004 Supercomputing Product of the Year in an online reader's poll conducted annually by SupercomputingOnline.com, a leading Web-based news source for high performance computing, networking and communications professionals.

The annual survey of readers of the online journal asks HPC professionals to cast their votes for the year's top supercomputing products. The online poll was completed on February 1, 2005 with the PathScale EKOPath Compiler Suite receiving close to 50 percent of the total votes among nine nominated HPC products.

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"Many of our readers voted in this poll and PathScale was ahead by a substantial margin when we officially stopped recording the votes on February 1st," said Chris O'Neal, publisher of SupercomputingOnline. "This is evidence that the PathScale compilers have scored a big win in the minds of our readers and says volumes about the reputation that PathScale earned for itself during 2004."

Three months earlier, the PathScale Compiler Suite was honored with the Reader's Choice Award for "Greatest Price Performance in a Software Application" presented at the Supercomputing 2004 Conference by the publishers of HPCwire, a global publication for High Performance Computing.

"The fact that so many HPC professionals are telling leading journalists that they are impressed with the performance and stability of the PathScale compilers is testament to the strong market momentum that PathScale has achieved," said Scott Metcalf, CEO of PathScale.

In January 2005, PathScale shipped version 2.0 of its industry-leading compilers for C, C++, and Fortran 77/90/95. PathScale compilers enable the world's fastest applications performance for 64-bit Linux systems, and developers targeting Linux clusters will realize immediate performance benefits by switching to EKOPath 2.0. This newest version is available at no additional cost to all current PathScale subscribers, and a 30-day free trial is available at http://www.pathscale.com/trial.php.

PathScale EKOPath compilers provide comprehensive support for the AMD64 and Intel Xeon EM64T processor families. Global HPC vendors such as HP, IBM, Linux Networx, Fujitsu Siemens and Sun routinely use PathScale compilers to showcase the performance gains that can be achieved with their systems when running applications compiled with PathScale. About PathScale

Based in Mountain View, California, PathScale develops innovative software and hardware technologies that substantially increase the performance and efficiency of Linux clusters, the next significant wave in high-end computing. Applications that benefit from PathScale's technologies include seismic processing, complex physical modeling, EDA simulation, molecular modeling, biosciences, econometric modeling, computational chemistry, computational fluid dynamics, finite element analysis, weather modeling, resource optimization, decision support and data mining. PathScale's investors include Adams Street Partners, Charles River Ventures, Enterprise Partners Venture Capital, CMEA Ventures, ChevronTexaco Technology Ventures and the Dow Employees Pension Plan. For more details, visit http://www.pathscale.com, send email to sales@pathscale.com or telephone 1-650-934-8100.