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• State-of-the-Art Fortran Compiler Released NAG Fortran Builder 5.2
  August 2010 - Scientists, quantitative analysts, engineers and other researchers who need speed, accuracy and portability for their Fortran code can now obtain the newest release of what is widely regarded as one of the best checking compilers - Fortran Builder 5.2 from the Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG). This release features a virtually complete implementation of the latest Fortran 2003 standard and an integrated development environment.
• More Numerical Functions for C & C++ Developers
  July 2010 - The largest commercially available collection of numerical algorithms for C and C++, the NAG C Library—widely used for application development, has now been expanded by the Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG) with the addition of over 150 functions for a total of well over 1300 user-callable functions many of which are key to a wide variety of areas of research.
  
  
• Guide for Solving Optimization Problems Now Available from NAG
  July 2010 - Worldwide researchers, engineers, financial engineers and scientists working in many fields seeking the most appropriate way to solve difficult optimization problems can get easy to follow step-by-step instructions on how to select the best-suited local or global optimization routines for their purposes by making use of the Numerical Algorithms Group’s (NAG) Decision Trees for optimization.
  
  
• Numerical Algorithms Group and Zircon Computing Announce Case Study Results
  June 2010. Significant Performance gain is easily achieved, Sequential Heston calibration computation reduced. Zircon Computing and NAG today announced the results of work performed by Goethe University Frankfurt.
  
  
• More GPU Routines for Technical Research from the Numerical Algorithms Group
  4th May 2010. Developers and researchers who are interested in achieving top performance from GPUs in diverse applications using Monte Carlo simulations can now obtain an updated version of NAG numeric routines for GPUs from the Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG).
  
  
• University of Rome, Masters Student Wins NAG Financial Mathematics Prize
  May 2010. The Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG), provider of numerical software and HPC services is delighted to announce the winner of the NAG Financial Mathematics Prize.
  
  
• New Numerical Algorithms for Technical Computing - Release of the NAG Library for SMP & multicore
  15th April 2010. The Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG) announce the launch of the NAG Library for SMP & multicore. Mathematical and statistical algorithms optimized for performance on multicore architectures have become key to progress in a wide array of applications in scientific research, energy development, quantitative financial analyses, modeling and simulations to solve engineering problems, drug discovery and genomic research, etc.
  
  
• NAG Prize 2010 awarded at first Manchester SIAM Student Chapter Conference
  April 2010. The Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG), provider of numerical software and HPC services is delighted to announce the winners of the NAG Prize 2010 at the first Manchester SIAM Student Chapter Conference.
  
  
• NAG announces new partnership for Mexico
  March 2 2010. At the First International Supercomputing Conference, Mexico, NAG and Global Computing S.A. de C.V. announce a new partnership to distribute its globally renowned numerical libraries and compiler products in Mexico and to provide training and related technical services.
  
  
• Numerical Algorithms Group Marks 40th Anniversary by Expanding the NAG Student Awards Program
  March 2010. The Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG), announces that it will mark its 40th anniversary in 2010 by expanding its student prize program, with a new awards intended to cultivate the next generation of numerical software talent worldwide. The new NAG 40th Anniversary Awards are intended to help nurture the next generation of leaders in science and computing.
  
  
• NAG and Dawning Launch Strategic Partnership for High Performance Computing and Scientific Research
  Dawning Information Industry Co. Ltd, a leader in the Chinese information industry, and the Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG, www.nag-gc.com) announce a partnership to develop High Performance Computing resources for a wide range of Chinese industries and research areas including automotive and aeronautics engineering, nuclear power research, water quality engineering, electrical engineering, drug discovery and manufacture and IT.
  
  
• NAG Enables Significant Multicore Performance Improvements on HECToR
  NAG Enables Significant Multicore Performance Improvements on HECToR November 2009 - The Numerical Algorithms Group announces new HPC performance milestones including up to 4 times better performance with multicore optimization for materials science and quantum Monte Carlo applications and reductions of up to 25% in runtimes with I/O tuning for an ocean modelling application.
  
  
• NAG Announces Global Expansion
  November 2009. The Numerical Algorithms Group announces the opening of a new office in Taipei to serve the Greater China region and also a simultaneous expansion of supporting staff in both Germany and France.
  
  
• NAG announces latest version of NAG Toolbox for MATLAB®
  
  
• NAG announces latest product release of the NAG Library with extensive new numerical functionality
  April 2009. The Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG), is delighted to announce the availability of the latest NAG Fortran Library. Now at its 22nd release, the NAG Fortran Library contains over 1,600 powerful, reliable and flexible algorithms, ready for use from a wide range of operating systems, languages, environments and packages including Excel, Java, MATLAB and .NET/C#.
  
  
• NAG Ltd recognized as an “Investor in People” for the second consecutive time
  April 2009. NAG Ltd announces its recognition for the second time as an Investor in People (IIP). IIP is the UK’s quality standard for best practice employee policy, and procedures for employee care and development.
  
  
• HECToR dCSE Team Quadruples Speed and Enhances Scalability of Key Materials Science Code - CASTEP
  
  
• NAG awarded special accolade at the world's largest HPC show
  November 2008. The Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG) will be presented with a special accolade for 20 consecutive exhibits at the world's largest show dedicated to High Performance Computing (HPC) at SC2008 in November.
  
  
• New Windows version of the NAG Compiler offers users a host of new features
  September 2008. The Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG), provider of world class mathematical and statistical components, launches a new Microsoft Windows version of its widely used NAG Compiler which offers users a whole host of key features making compilation quick and easy.
  
  
• NAG recognises high mathematical achievers with NAG Prize 2008
  May 2008. Two University of Manchester students are awarded with the NAG Prize 2008 for their excellent exam results in Mathematical Finance and Mathematics and Computational Science MSc courses.
  
  
• NAG announces the launch of the new NAG Toolbox for MATLAB
  April 2008. The Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG), is delighted to announce the availability of the NAG Toolbox for MATLAB. The NAG Toolbox for MATLAB allows users to call NAG's highly regarded numerical routines directly, using customized interfaces, from within the MATLAB environment.
  
  
• Oxford Financial Research Centre utilises numerical libraries and toolboxes from Numerical Algorithms Group
  February 2008. NAG announces a new partnership with the renowned Oxford Financial Research Centre (OFRC).
  
  
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