Installation guide

Intel® Parallel Studio XE 2015 Composer Edition for C++ Linux*
Installation Guide and Release Notes 6
1.3 Intel® Debugger (IDB) is removed from this release
The Intel Debugger (IDB) has been removed from this release. A debugger based on the GNU*
Project Debugger (GDB*) is now provided for debugging.
1.4 System Requirements
For an explanation of architecture names, see http://intel.ly/q9JVjE
 A PC based on an IA-32 or Intel® 64 architecture processor supporting the Intel®
Streaming SIMD Extensions 2 (Intel® SSE2) instructions (Intel® Pentium® 4 processor
or later, or compatible non-Intel processor)
o Development of 64-bit applications or applications targeting Intel® MIC
Architecture is supported on a 64-bit version of the OS only. Development of 32-
bit applications is supported on either 32-bit or 64-bit versions of the OS
Development for a 32-bit on a 64-bit host may require optional library
components (ia32-libs, lib32gcc1, lib32stdc++6, libc6-dev-i386, gcc-multilib, g++-
multilib) to be installed from your Linux distribution.
 For Intel® MIC Architecture development/testing:
o Intel® Xeon Phi™ coprocessor
o Intel® Manycore Platform Software Stack (Intel® MPSS)
 For offload to or native support for Intel® Graphics Technology development/testing
o Offload is supported from 64-bit applications only
o SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server* 11 SP3
 Kernel 3.0.76-11
o Ubuntu* 12.04 LTS
 Kernel 3.2.0-41 for 3
rd
Generation Intel® Core™ Processors
 Kernel 3.8.0-23 for 4
th
Generation Intel® Core™ Processors
o The following processor models are supported:
 Intel® Xeon® Processor E3-1285 v3 and E3-1285L v3 (Intel® C226
Chipset) with Intel® HD Graphics P4700
 4th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors with Intel® Iris™ Pro Graphics,
Intel® Iris™ Graphics or Intel® HD Graphics 4200+ Series
 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ Processors with Intel® HD Graphics
4000/2500
Please note: Intel® Xeon® processors are only supported with the
chipsets listed. Intel® Xeon® configurations with other chipsets are not
supported. Previous generations of Intel® Core™ processors are not
supported. Intel® Celeron and Intel® Atom™ processors are also not
compatible.
o The latest 64-bit graphics driver with support for Intel® Graphics Technology
(available from the Intel® Software Development Products Registration Center at
http://registrationcenter.intel.com). You should have access to the Intel® HD
Graphics Drivers for Linux* download area as part of your Intel® Parallel Studio
XE registration. If you do not see this area, please contact support.