Intel to release a new compiler for Mac x86

Intel seems ready to support Apple transition to x86. Intel compiler lab Director Kevin Smith has announced at the IDF 2005, that a Mac version of intel compiler and performance libraries will be released to Mac developers (primarily optimized for both digital media and scientific computing tasks).
This compiler version is optimized to reduce as much as possible the effect due to the lost of the PPC-specific Altivec. Optimization of x86-specific instruction sets SSE could replace performance gains seen with the Velocity engine even though altivec remains theoretically more powerful.
The new compiler will be fully integrated into Xcode to avoid any Mac developer to worry about it.