Intel ® C + + Compiler - a compiler that provides the best support for creating multithreaded applications. Provides powerful tools for code optimization, built-in support for multithreaded applications and tools to implement technology Hyper-Threading. It supports popular development tools, and industrial standards of language C + +. In the compiler supports highly optimized C + + templates for parallel programming, processing, mathematical problems and support for multimedia libraries. The main innovation is the support of 11 versions of the latest technology 64-bit memory addressing Extended Memory 64 Technology (Intel EM64T). Auxiliary tools for test code coverage and prioritization of testing helps to significantly reduce the period of testing and debugging applications.

With the compiler Intel C + + Compiler can maximize productivity. Built-in optimization technologies and multi-threading support help create code that is best done on modern multicore processors. Compiler Intel C + + Compiler for Windows is built on a winning basis. With it you can create a new generation of software for advanced equipment. Compiling software with a compiler Intel C + + Compiler for Windows has a number of additional optimization opportunities, some of which are briefly described below, and provides links to more detailed descriptions.

Intel compiler for C + + is fully compatible with Microsoft Visual C + + source-level and object code, and also offers improved compatibility with the development environment Microsoft Visual C + +. NET. This allows you to optimize existing applications by simply recompiling the source code, and to assemble applications from modules linked by different compilers. In addition, the Intel compiler can be connected to a rapid application development environment Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 as a subsidiary compiler, as well as the environment, Visual Studio. NET as an external add-ons.

Means interprocedural optimization (IPO) can significantly improve the performance of applications, including a large number of frequently used functions of small and medium-sized, especially for applications that contain function calls inside the loop. Optimization, manage profiles (PGO), allows to realize the benefits of micro-processor, use the swap instruction and resources to the cache with maximum efficiency, and more successfully predict the branching. Application performance is improved by restructuring the code, reducing its size and reducing the number of false predictions of branching.

Proactive sample data is an effective way to reduce delays when accessing memory. Users will be able to place in various parts of the program instructions for pre-selected links to relevant information. Thus, the data used are placed so close to the processor as possible (within the cache) and stored there until the moment when they become necessary. When working with applications that require the numerous calculations, it guarantees a significant increase in performance.

Support specification OpenMP 3.0 - the industry standard for developing portable multi-threaded applications - and the automatic parallelization of operations allow or effort to realize the advantages of multiprocessor systems and processors Hyper-Threading. Support for external tools and new processing technologies has resulted in the appearance of built-in tools to work with the new technology of memory addressing Intel EMT64 (Extended Memory 64 Technology) and the possibility of integration with a debugger, Intel Debugger.

Key features:
- High-level optimization
- Interprocedural optimization
- Automatic parallelization of code
- Vectorization
- Separation of cycles in several threads
- Profiling optimization