Intel upgraded its software development tools for Apple"s Mac OS X Leopard operating system, keeping a promise to Apple and pushing Mac applications to its brand new Penryn chips. Intel announced on Wednesday that the Intel Software Development Products for Mac OS X includes Version 10.1 of its C++ Compiler and Fortran Compiler. The tools have been optimized for Apple"s Leopard and Xcode 3.0 development environment, which was launched last month, said James Reinders, a product evangelist at Intel. The tools, which also include libraries, have been upgraded to use features in Intel"s latest 45-nanometer Penryn microprocessor, he added.
"We had the opportunity to update with some new enhancements to take better advantage of multicore, but the other big thing is Leopard," said Reinders. "We"ve got full support for 64 bit because Leopard added 64 bit top to bottom. We"ve had pretty good support before, but the release of Leopard and the update to our tools completes that picture, giving them an easier way to write programs."