August 2011 - Physics-Departmental-Computing

MAPLE use in Physics
by David Colling 26 Aug '11

26 Aug '11

Hi, Just a quick question. How many groups use MAPLE? The MAPLE license is up for renewal and while it is only £1320 I was wondering if it is actually used and if so by which groups. At present the cost is spread across: Astrophysics Condensed Matter Theory Experimental Solid State Physics High Energy Physics Photonics Plasma Physics Shock Physics Quantum Optics & Laser Science Theoretical Physics Teaching and so is only £120/group but in the future would this be money better spent on a few more mathematica seats? Best, david

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FW: Thank you for purchasing the Intel® Composer XE for Linux* (formerly Intel® Compiler Suite Professional Edition for Linux*)
by Mannall, Adrian B 25 Aug '11

25 Aug '11

Dear All, Following some confusion and "mis-selling" by our supplier, we have managed to resolve the Intel compiler situation. The attached license is for use for those who use the Faculty funded Intel Compiler suite (C/C++ and Fortran) and allows access to the 5 seat license. This is ONLY for use by FoNS staff and researchers. Some of you may find that you need to fully qualify the server name by adding .cc.ic.ac.uk at the end of the ICLIC10 name in the server line. Regards, Adrian From: Twist, Alex M Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 11:29 AM To: Mannall, Adrian B; Rochford, Steve Subject: FW: Thank you for purchasing the Intel® Composer XE for Linux* (formerly Intel® Compiler Suite Professional Edition for Linux*) ________________________________ From: Intel Software Development Products (A002) Sent: 25 August 2011 11:28:40 (UTC) Greenwich Mean Time : Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London To: Twist, Alex M Subject: Thank you for purchasing the Intel® Composer XE for Linux* (formerly Intel® Compiler Suite Professional Edition for Linux*) (If the characters do not show properly, please try viewing this email with UTF-8 encoding.) Thank you for registering the Intel® Composer XE for Linux* (formerly Intel® Compiler Suite Professional Edition for Linux*). SAVE THIS SERIAL NUMBER Your serial number for this registration is GNWL-J2PWJJHR . INSTALLATION 1. If you have not done so already, download and save the product from https://registrationcenter.intel.com/RegCenter/RegisterSNInfo.aspx?SN=GNWL-…. If you received this product on a CD-ROM, please be sure to check this site for updates. 2. Run the downloaded file and proceed through the installation process (requires the above serial number). The product license file is attached for your convenience. You may need to copy the file manually to your system. If you do not have an Internet connection on the system on which you want to install the software, please select 'Choose alternative activation' in the Activation Options menu that will appear during installation. This will present a number of options you may use to perform an installation without Internet connectivity. INTEL SOFTWARE NETWORK FORUMS Your Intel® Software Development Products Registration Center account allows you to log in and participate in conversations with both Intel experts and our development community at the Intel® Software Network Forums<http://softwarecommunity.intel.com/isn/Community/en-us/Forums/>. Your login ID is a.twist(a)imperial.ac.uk<mailto:a.twist@imperial.ac.uk>. GET TECHNICAL SUPPORT For information on our knowledge base, user forums and Intel® Premier Support please visit http://softwarecommunity.intel.com/support. Do not reply to this message. This message was sent from a notification-only address that cannot accept incoming e-mail. Please retain a copy of this email for your records. * Other brands and names may be claimed as the property of others.

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Re: [Physics-Departmental-Computing] Intel compilers
by Mannall, Adrian B 16 Aug '11

16 Aug '11

All, As a result of further investigations it appears that our software supplier misread the original requirements and sold us the wrong compiler. We are now working to resolve this to ensure that the full Composer XE suite is available (so Fortran and C/C++ compilers). We have to take the Fortran license down and confirm in writing that we have done so after which Intel will issue a correct license for the full suite, etc. There is no cost to anyone as the Faculty is paying the uplift. I can only apologise for any inconvenience caused by this - we will be working closely with the supplier to ensure that such an issue doesn't happen again. Kind regards Adrian From: Mannall, Adrian B Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 4:35 PM To: physics-departmental-computing; Adams, Niall M; Bearpark, Michael J Cc: 'j.spencer(a)imperial.ac.uk' Subject: Intel compilers All, As you know the Faculty has funded the purchase of Intel compilers in the past and this year funded the purchase of the Intel Fortran Linux compiler. It has subsequently come to light that one or two people may have been using the C / C++ element of the previous compiler suite which is currently not available. In order to gauge the requirement and to try and find a resolution to this I would be grateful if you could indicate whether your users have any use of the C/C++ element and thus would require an on-going access to the C++ compiler suite. If there is a demand then those who need it will probably need to agree to funding a license this year - a 2 seat floating license for this would cost approx. £350 + VAT so £420 all in - which if split between say two or three groups would be a reasonably small sum to find. I am on leave for the next week but would if possible appreciate answers regarding compiler usage by the end of the 19th August so that we can try and resolve this for those currently affected. Kind regards Adrian.

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Intel compilers
by Mannall, Adrian B 05 Aug '11

05 Aug '11

All, As you know the Faculty has funded the purchase of Intel compilers in the past and this year funded the purchase of the Intel Fortran Linux compiler. It has subsequently come to light that one or two people may have been using the C / C++ element of the previous compiler suite which is currently not available. In order to gauge the requirement and to try and find a resolution to this I would be grateful if you could indicate whether your users have any use of the C/C++ element and thus would require an on-going access to the C++ compiler suite. If there is a demand then those who need it will probably need to agree to funding a license this year - a 2 seat floating license for this would cost approx. £350 + VAT so £420 all in - which if split between say two or three groups would be a reasonably small sum to find. I am on leave for the next week but would if possible appreciate answers regarding compiler usage by the end of the 19th August so that we can try and resolve this for those currently affected. Kind regards Adrian.

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