Intel plans to test Mac development tools
Intel on Tuesday said that it plans later this year to offer test versions of software tools aimed at allowing Mac developers to improve the performance of programs that run on its chips.
The chip giant said that sometime later this year it will offer beta versions of both its compiler and its performance libraries, which contain code optimised for both digital media and scientific computing tasks.
Intel compiler lab Director Kevin Smith said that Intel's tools could appeal to those who already use its tools for Linux and Windows-based programs. He also said that the company's compilers typically offer the best performance on its chips.
"We do more tuning of our compilers on our processors than anyone else," Smith said, following a presentation at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. Intel had said in June that it would offer its compilers for the Mac, following Apple Computer's announcement that it was moving to Intel processors.
