2 New Releases

Genstat 8.0
VSN International has released the 8th Edition of GenStat for Windows.
The new release offers powerful additions to its range of statistical
techniques together with an abundance of usability enhancements such as
formatted output, micro array menus, sample sizing, customisable menus,
Co-kriging, and interactive feedback.

Originally developed at the Rothamsted experimental station, GenStat
has been at the cutting edge of statistical analysis for more than 30 years.
GenStat for Windows 8th Edition includes a number of significant
enhancements, many of which will be particularly beneficial to researchers,
scientists and educators working in a wide range of scientific disciplines.

Technical numerical software libraries for OpenPower:
OptimaNumerics has released its numerical software libraries for the IBM
eServer OpenPower system.

The libraries, with linear algebra, parallel linear algebra and parallel
random number generator modules, provide high performance versions of
LAPACK, ScaLAPACK, PETSc, SPRNG and PLFG libraries. Other
platforms supported include the Intel Xeon, Xeon EM64T and Itanium
processor families, the AMD Opteron, IBM PowerPC970, HP PA-RISC,
HP Alpha and Sun UltraSPARC architectures.