Salford University-owned compiler specialist Salford Software Ltd has been sought out by Intel Corp’s Swindon office to develop versions of the Salford, Manchester-based company’s DOS extended compiler technology, optimised for the forthcoming P5 80586 – chip. First quarter 1993 is the proposed release time for the compiler, on which the two firms are collaborating (CI No 1,905). Salford Software will produce P5-optimised versions of its well-established Fortran 77 compiler, as well as its world’s first FTN90 Fortan 90, and C/C++ compilers, all of which run in full 32-bit protected mode under MS-DOS or Windows 3.0, using Salford’s proprietary MS-DOS extender, DBOS. Salford Software has been trading as a commercial Fortran shop for the last five years, at first under the name Salford Software Marketing Ltd. It is wholly-owned by Salford University, on the outskirts of Manchester, employs 12 staff and turned over just under UKP500,000 last year. It distributes its products directly as well as through Oxford-based distributor Polyhedron Software Ltd in the UK and via a distributor network overseas. From June 1, the compilers will cost from UKP500 to UKP1,000 with support.
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