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IBM SDK for Linux on POWER

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By: Wainer dos Santos Moschetta. 

The IBM Software Development Kit for Linux on POWER is a new Eclipse-based Integrated Development Environment (IDE) which integrates C/C++ source development with the Advance Toolchain, Post-Link Optimization, classic Linux performance analysis (including OProfile and Valgrind) and other development tools.
 
 The IBM SDK for Linux on POWER provides you with:

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At the time of this posting, the SDK current version is 0.7. There you going to find an excellent tooling for Linux on POWER development:
  • Support to Advance Toolchain 4.0 and 5.0  HOT!  
    • POWER-specific CPU tunning and flags
  • Post-Link Optimization tool for Linux on POWER 
  • Pthread Monitoring tool for Linux on POWER
  • IBM Eclipse SDK
    • C/C++ Development Tools (CDT)
    • Eclipse Linux Tools  HOT! 
      • Plug-ins that enable integration with classic Linux performance analysis and development tools: Autotools, Libhover, ChangeLog, GProf, Gcov, ManPage, Specfile Editor, RPM Stubby, SystemTap, Valgrind and OProfile
  • IBM Source Code Advisor  HOT!
    • Find and visualize performance problems in the source program using feedback-directed analysis
    • Perform feedback-directed optimization of an executable or shared library
  • IBM Trace Analyzer  HOT! 
    • Monitoring and graphical traces visualization of Pthread program execution
  • IBM Migration Advisor  HOT!
    • Find and visualize problems in Intel/x86 to IBM POWER source code migration
  • IBM SDK, Java(TM) Technology Edition, Version 6
  • IBM Runtime Environment, Java(TM) Technology Edition, Version 6
 
The IBM SDK for Linux on POWER is a free of charge offering!  You can download its latest version here.
 
Please visit the IBM SDK for Linux on POWER website for further information about features, supported systems, installation, latest available version, discussion forums and related resources.
 
Stay tuned for more news and updates!
 

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