Intel Visual Fortran Composer XE 2013 SP1 (compiler 14.0) available

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Intel Visual Fortran Composer XE 2013 SP1, with compiler version 14.0, is now available from the Intel Registration Center. New features of this release include:

• Support for the User-Defined Derived Type I/O feature of Fortran 2003
• Support for developing and debugging applications that use Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors on Windows
• Support for coarray images that run on Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors
• A new option of an "online installer" that downloads only the components you select/need

Read the Release Notes for more details.

Some notes:

• We have eliminated the separate IA-32 only and Intel 64-only installers, as they were a continual source of confusion for customers and had outlived their purpose.
• If you are an IMSL user, just keep using the IMSL you already have, but if you use fixed-form source code with IMSL, please see
  Error 5163 Compiling Fixed-Form IMSL* Application Source in Fortran 14.0 (At the moment, the SP1 release isn't showing for customers of the product with IMSL - we'll find a solution to that shortly.)

If you have issues with the new release, please use a new forum thread to report it, or use Intel Premier Support. If you have questions about the content of the release, you can ask here.

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Ok, here's what we've done for now. If you go to the Intel Registration Center you will be able to get at the SP1 Composer XE download. You won't see IMSL listed as an available download there - if you need that, just select the "Update 5" entry from the menu. We know this is confusing and are working to straighten it out, but it will take some time. At least you can get at everything you need - we apologize for the inconvenience.

Don't forget to apply the update from Error 5163 Compiling Fixed-Form IMSL* Application Source in Fortran 14.0 - this will work with the older compiler too.

[sknobat]

Thank you

Now, I can download the SP1. I will the apply the update until everything is working correctly.

[FortranFan]

Hi Steve,

"I generally find that the Software Manager doesn't notify everyone at the same time nor right away."

Intel Software Manager is still not notifying me of the latest (Compiler 14) upgrade.  Should I be more patient, or could something be wrong with the Software Manager on my system?

Owing to the network license setup where I work, I don't have the details to set myself for download at the Intel Registration Center (it asks me to provide some license number information which only seems applicable for individual licenses). 

Thanks,

[Steven_L_Intel1]

The network license is tied to a serial number, but you may not have it if the license administrator simply told you where to point the license file. If you don't have Registration Center access, it makes sense that the Software Manager wouldn't know what you are eligible for. Perhaps you should just disable its checking.

It's an interesting issue that I will raise to folks here. Maybe we can come up with a solution.

[FortranFan]

Thanks, Steve.  It'll be wonderful if there is a download solution at the Registration Center for users with the network license setup.  You're right regarding my constraint - the only information I have is where to point to for the license file - the procurement person won't share the serial number with the users per company policy.  So I am unable to "register" my product.  I wish I could simply point to the network license file in the Registration Center and it could pick up whatever license information it needs and help me complete the setup.

Note, however, the Intel Software Manager has worked reliably for me in the past; it did notify me as recently as June 2013 for Update 5, Fortran compiler version 13.0.3636.11.  I was successfully able to download and install the version via Software Manager.

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Ok, that's interesting. I'm not really sure about how the manager works internally. I'll discuss it with the developers to see if I can find out what is wrong for you.

[FortranFan]

Has anyone been able to update to compiler 14 on Windows via Intel Software Manager on their PC?

Around me, it appears compiler 14 update is specifically excluded from Intel Software Manager.

I checked with several other users where I work who are running prior updates to Fortran XE 2013 - Intel Software Manager on their PCs allows all of them to download and install Update 5 dated June 24, 2013, but not the latest compiler 14 upgrade.

It is almost as if the Intel server that the Software Manager talks to has not been updated with compiler 14.

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Please ask about this in the Downloads, Registration and Licensing forum.

[TimP]

I was notified last night of a pending update to that Software Manager, but I don't know if it's for the reason you mentioned.

[Martin_K_3]

Hi, any news when SP1 will be pushed out to Intel Software manager?

Best regards

/martin

[Steven_L_Intel1]

It was supposed to be already, but you're the third person in a week to tell me they hadn't seen it, so I have asked that it be looked into.