Hi,
The Intel Compiler has a dependency to GCC and standard libs (e.g. glibc. The reason is that the Intel Compiler relies on the system header files and the glibc, which implements the runtime system for C/C++. This way we can avoid implementing a (potentially) incompatible runtime library. With out approach, we can take almost 99% of the standard library stuff installed in any Linux system and only supply optimized replacements for some of the functions.
BTW, we do about the same on Windows platforms.
To summarize, there is no Intel compiler for Linux or Windows that does not need the regular compiler and SDKs on the system..
Kind regards,
-michael