FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

THE PORTLAND GROUP™ ANNOUNCES PGI® CDK™ 3.3 CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT KIT™

PORTLAND, Ore., December 21, 2001   The Portland Group division (PGI) of 
STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM), today announced the PGI CDK Cluster 
Development Kit 3.3, the latest release of PGI’s suite of parallel Fortran, 
C and C++ compilers, libraries and cluster management utilities that 
simplify setup, management and application development for creation of 
turn-key Linux cluster systems.

Compilers and software development tools are the primary interface between 
a software developer and a computing system; the compiler translates an 
application written in a high-level programming language into a binary code 
that a computing system can execute.

Almost one year after its acquisition by STMicroelectronics in December, 
2000, PGI has been experiencing an increased demand for its high 
performance compilers and Linux cluster development tools due to wider 
acceptance of the Linux operating system in both technical computing and 
commercial computing markets and increased usage of IA32 Linux clusters for 
performance computing.

PGI’s latest release, PGI CDK 3.3 features a new compiler infrastructure 
utilizing an InterProcedural Analyzer, a Profile Feedback Analyzer as well 
as improved performance on the new IA32 P4 and AMD Athlon architectures for 
Linux and NT systems.  New releases of the message passing libraries and 
batch management tools are included.
The CDK software enables users migrating from RISC/UNIX workstations to 
efficiently deploy their application development process to scalable Linux 
clusters, with a level of efficiency previously not available.

  “We’ve realized a significantly increased demand for our cluster 
development software arising from what we believe is the use of IA32 Linux 
clusters to standardize methods, minimize costs and maximize performance 
while staying on the cutting edge of processor development,” said Vince 
Schuster, The Portland Group division of STMicroelectronics and former CEO 
of The Portland Group, Inc.

Significant features in the PGI CDK 3.3 release include:
    * Floating multi-user seats for PGI’s parallel Fortran, C and C++ 
compilers for Linux.
    * Industry-leading single-processor performance and integrated native 
support for all 3 popular parallel programming models:  OpenMP, MPI and HPF 
Message-passing interface libraries and utilities.
    * Full native support for Open MP directive- and pragma-based SMP 
parallelization in PGF77®, PGF90®, PGCC® and PGC++
    * Graphical debugging and parallel performance profiling tools
    * Pre-configured MPI message-passing libraries and utilities
    * Pre-configured PBS batch queuing system to manage the workload and 
throughput on your cluster
    * SMP Parallel PGDBG® debugger and PGPROF® profiler
    * ScaLAPACK parallel math library
    * Optimized BLAS and LAPACK math libraries
    * Tutorial examples and programs to help you get applications up and 
running quickly using HPF, Open MP, and MPI
    * Installation utilities to simplify the setup and management of your 
Linux cluster
Hard copy documentation including the PGI User’s Guide, PGHPF User’s Guide, 
The High Performance Fortran Handbook, and MPI The Complete Reference.

PGI CDK 3.3 pricing starts at $2499.  Effective immediately, a promotion 
will be made available so that anyone who buys a CDK now will get the 
Version 4.0 upgrade of the CDK without charge. Customers can purchase 
either a CDK V3.2-4 or a CDK V3.3 and get this free upgrade. Customers who 
purchase maintenance will have their maintenance begin April 2002 and 
extend for a full year.  Details to come.

Academic discounts and volume discounts are available.  For information, 
call PGI Sales at (503) 682-2806, contact PGI at sales@pgroup.com, or 
browse the PGI web page at www.pgroup.com.

About The Portland Group division of STMicroelectronics
The Portland Group Division of STMicroelectronics originates from the 
acquisition by STMicroelectronics of The Portland Group, Inc., the premier 
independent supplier of high-performance cluster development software, high 
performance scalar and parallel Fortran, C and C++ compilers and tools for 
high-end computing systems and Intel processor-based workstations, servers 
and clusters.

About STMicroelectronics
STMicroelectronics is the world's third largest independent semiconductor 
company. The Company shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange, on 
Euronext Paris and on Borsa Italiana, Milan. The Company designs, develops, 
manufactures and markets a broad range of semiconductor integrated 
circuits  (ICs) and discrete devices used in a wide variety of 
microelectronic applications, including telecommunications systems, 
computer systems, consumer products, automotive products and industrial 
automation and control systems. In 2000, the Company's net revenues were 
$7,813.2 million and net earnings were $1,452.1 million. Further 
information on ST can be found at www.st.com.
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PGC++, CDK and Cluster Development Kit are trademarks and PGI, PGHPF, 
PGF77,PGCC, PGPROF, PGF90 and PGDBG are registered trademarks of The 
Portland Group, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of STMicroelectronics. 
Other brands and names are the property of their respective owners.

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Mike Markowitz
STMicroelectronics
Michael.markowitz@st.com
(212) 821 8959









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