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2019

Update 2 English Release Notes Overview: Intel® Parallel Studio XE 2019 Update 2 includes functional and security updates. Users should update to the latest version. Update 1 English Release Notes Overview: Removed 32-bit content for macOS*.

Added new method for installing and upgrading Intel® Distribution for Python*.

Japanese localization support. Initial Release English Release Notes Overview: Intel® Distribution for Python* integrated into Intel® Parallel Studio XE.

Updated support for new language features in C++17 and Fortran 2018.

Intel® MPI Library updated to CH4.

2018

Update 4 English Release Notes Overview: Fixed security vulnerabilities in the installer.

Added support for parallel and vector execution policies in more functions in Parallel STL in the Intel® C/C++ compiler.

Improved performance in various functions in Intel® Math Kernel Library. Update 3 English Release Notes Japanese Release Notes Overview: Enhanced Roofline Analysis for Intel® Advisor.

Improved performance for small problem sizes in certain routines in Intel® Math Kernel Library.

Added support for parallel and/or vector execution policies in more algorithms in Intel® C/C++ Compiler. Update 2 English Release Notes Overview: Added support for Xcode* 9.2.

Faster shared memory communication for collective operations in Intel® MPI Library.

Intel® Advisor allows visualization of multiple Roofline analysis results on the same chart to compare performance before and after optimization.

Call Intel® Threading Building Blocks from your Python* code with a module for multi-processing numeric computations (in technical preview).

Intel® VTune™ Amplifier's Application Performance Snapshot adds new data selection options and pause/resume API support. Update 1 English Release NotesJapanese Release Notes Overview: Faster application performance with expanded Intel® Threading Building Blocks (Intel® TBB) threading layer support in Intel® Math Kernel Library SparseSyrk and SpMM routines

Easier integration of Intel® Math Kernel Library using pkg-config file

Intel® Integrated Performance Primitives now supports 3D data filtering and copying for large images with new platform-aware APIs

Improved integration with Microsoft Visual Studio* 2017

Application Performance Snapshot now provides a quick performance overview without the need to install a custom driver on Linux

Hierarchical Roofline feature of Intel® Advisor simplifies analysis of complex code. Use progressive disclosure to drill in on areas of interest.

Intel® MPI Library 2019 Technical Preview for Linux is now available. Try new capabilities for better multi-threaded communications in hybrid programs and reduced latency.

Faster analysis of communication imbalances with Intel® Trace Analyzer and Collector Initial Release Release Notes Overview: Speed application performance with Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (Intel® AVX-512) for Intel® Xeon® Scalable and Intel® Xeon Phi™ processors.

Accelerate MPI applications with Intel® Omni-Path Architecture.

Accelerate applications with high-performance Python*.

Find high impact, but under optimized loops using Intel® Advisor’s roofline analysis.

Quickly spot high payoff opportunities for faster code using Intel® VTune™ Amplifier’s performance snapshot for MPI, CPU, FPU, and memory use. Adds MPICH and Cray support.

Stay up-to-date with the latest standards and IDEs. Full C++14 and initial C++ 2017 draft. Full Fortran 2008 and initial Fortran 2015 draft. Python 2.7 and 3.6, initial OpenMP 5.0 draft. Microsoft Visual Studio* 2017 integration.



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