Hewlett-Packard Company and Intel Corporation have released a free IA-64 developer's kit that enables the Linux community to develop, test, debug and run IA-64 applications for the upcoming Intel Itanium processor. HP is committed to delivering Itanium processor-based servers and workstations that will support Linux and other operating systems.

The development kit is unique because it contains an IA-64 Linux Simulator, developed by HP, that allows developers to use today's IA-32 systems (such as those powered by the Pentium III processor) to emulate the functionality of a 64-bit Linux environment running on Intel Itanium processor systems. The kit also contains documentation and links to software libraries created by Intel.

The new developer's kit, which includes IA-64 Linux software tools, is intended to accelerate the development IA-64 Linux-based applications. HP and Intel are each distributing the new IA-64 Linux developer's kit as a freely downloadable package:

HP download site: www.software.hp.com/ia64linux
Intel download site: developer.intel.com/design/ia-64/linux.htm

 
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