it is also able to take advantage of the compiler optimizations in the compiler's back end. This greatly facilitates the porting of GCC-based applications to SPARC systems. GCCFSS 4.2 adds the ability to be used as a cross compiler; SPARC binaries can be generated on an x86 (or x64) machine running Solaris. Research platform Before its cancellation, the Rock would have been the first general-purpose processor to support hardware transactional memory (HTM). The Oracle Developer Studio compiler is used by a number of research projects, including Hybrid Transactional Memory (HyTM) and Phased Transactional Memory (PhTM), to investigate support and possible HTM optimizations. History – Source: References External links Oracle Developer Studio home page on Oracle Developer Network Product documentation Cool Tools - GCC for SPARC Systems Oracle Studio Forums Application Performance Tuning on Sun Platform (archived Jan 29, 2008) Download Oracle Developer Studio Oracle Developer Studio Component Matrix Sun Microsystems software C++ compilers C (programming language) compilers Fortran compilers compilers and interpreters computer libraries