The Portland Group(TM), a wholly owned subsidiary of STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM), today announced that its PGI(R) Fortran, C and C++ compilers and development tools will be integrated into HP's popular line of HP ProLiant high-performance technical computing (HPTC) workstations, servers and clustered platforms based on 32/64-bit Intel(R) Pentium(R)/Xeon(TM) and AMD Opteron(TM) processors.

The PGI compilers and tools are used by scientists and engineers to build and run high-performance computing applications in areas such as weather forecasting, geophysical sciences, structural modeling, aerodynamic simulation and related fields. Highly optimized for the processors powering the fastest growing science and engineering hardware platforms, the PGI compilers provide a comprehensive set of time-tested production-quality development tools.

"HP's decision to include The Portland Group compilers and tools in their software portfolio means scientists and engineers purchasing high-performance HP systems running Linux and Windows can now easily include a set of widely-used high-quality 64-bit Fortran, C and C++ compilers and development tools," said Douglas Miles, director, The Portland Group. "HP's ongoing commitment to leadership in the technical server market and The Portland Group's longstanding and growing commitment to compilers and tools for HPTC make this a great fit for both companies."

"A key strength HP offers scientists and engineers is the option to purchase a complete turn-key HPTC solution, such as our Unified Cluster Portfolio," said Bruce Toal, director of marketing, High Performance Computing Division, HP. "An important part of that strategy is our ability to offer a stable and validated software development stack. The PGI compilers and tool suite is a recognized cross-platform standard in the industry for high-performance technical computing. We're pleased to be able to offer them as part of our complete HPC solution."

The PGI compilers are offered in three product configurations: PGI Workstation for individual users, PGI Server for engineering workgroups, and the PGI CDK(TM) Cluster Development Kit for use on HPTC cluster systems. Each of these suites includes the PGF77(R), PGF95(TM), PGHPF(R), PGCC(R), and PGC++(TM) compilers, the PGDBG(R) graphical parallel debugger, and the PGPROF(R) graphical parallel performance profiler. The PGI compilers and tools are fully parallel-enabled, with support for native compilation, profiling and debugging of OpenMP parallel, thread-parallel or MPI-parallel distributed applications. The release 6.0 versions of the PGI compilers and tools include optimizations specific to both the AMD Opteron and Intel Xeon EM64T processors under Linux and Windows.

About The Portland Group

The Portland Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of STMicroelectronics, is the premier supplier of high-performance Fortran, C, and C++ compilers and tools for high-end computing systems and X86 processor-based workstations, servers, and clusters. Further information on The Portland Group products can be found at www.pgroup.com, by calling Sales at (503) 682-2806, or by email to sales@pgroup.com . http://www.pgroup.com

About STMicroelectronics

STMicroelectronics is a global leader in developing and delivering semiconductor solutions across the spectrum of microelectronics applications. An unrivalled combination of silicon and system expertise, manufacturing strength, Intellectual Property (IP) portfolio and strategic partners positions the Company at the forefront of System-on-Chip (SoC) technology and its products play a key role in enabling today's convergence markets. The Company's shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange, on Euronext Paris and on the Milan Stock Exchange. In 2004, the Company's net revenues were $8.76 billion and net earnings were $601 million. Further information on ST can be found at http://www.st.com .