Self Time and Total Time
Intel® VTune™ Amplifier can calculate analysis-independent time spent within particular procedures and functions and within children (callees). This is the information for Self and Total time,...
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Branch Analysis
Branch analysis type uses event-based sampling collection and is targeted for Intel® microarchitecture code name Sandy Bridge.This analysis type uses events that help identify branching issues that...
View ArticleLocks and Waits Analysis
While Concurrency analysis helps identify where your application is not parallel, Locks and Waits analysis helps identify the cause of ineffective processor utilization. One of the most common problems...
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Getting Help
Intel® VTune™ Amplifier provides a Getting Started page with the links to installed resources like Tutorials using a variety of tuning scenarios for sample applications and links to documentation...
View ArticleNotational Conventions
The following conventions may be used in this document.ConventionExplanationExampleItalicUsed for introducing new terms, denotation of terms, placeholders, or titles of manuals.The filename consists of...
View ArticleAdding External Data to the Intel® VTune™ Amplifier
Parent topic: Configuring Analysis TypeAbout Adding External Data to the Intel® VTune™ AmplifierUsing a Custom CollectorCreating a CSV File with External DataLingua Inglese
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Creating a New Analysis Type
To create and run a new analysis type, do the following:Click the New Analysis button on the Intel® VTune™ Amplifier toolbar.The New Amplifier Result tab opens with the Analysis Type window active.In...
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Configuring Frames Threshold
To achieve good performance for your graphical application using frames, you need to keep the frame rate constant (for example, from 30 to 60 frames per second). Intel® VTune™ Amplifier helps you...
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Using Debug Information
To provide accurate performance data and enable source analysis, the Intel® VTune™ Amplifier requires debug information for the binary files it analyzes. If it does not find debug information in the...
View ArticlePower Analysis
Parent topic: Performance Analysis with VTune AmplifierCPU Frequency AnalysisCPU Sleep States AnalysisLingua Inglese
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Front End Investigation Analysis
Front End Investigation analysis type uses event-based sampling collection and is targeted for Intel® microarchitectures code name Nehalem/Westmere.This analysis type presents a breakdown of...
View ArticlePerformance Analysis with VTune Amplifier
Parent topic: Key ConceptsAbout Performance Analysis with VTune AmplifierAlgorithm AnalysisMicroarchitecture and Platform AnalysisPower AnalysisGPU AnalysisLingua Inglese
View ArticleTuning Methodology
This section provides selected articles on using the Intel® VTune™ Amplifier for specific tuning scenarios.Parent topic: Intel® VTune™ AmplifierAnalyzing Power and Performance with Hardware Event-based...
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Managing Bottom-up and Top-down Tree Windows
These features are available in all Bottom-up/Top-down Tree panes that display collected performance data.To Do ThisDo ThisSort the table by the values in a particular columnClick any column header ....
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Using a Custom Collector
You can extend standard Intel® VTune™ Amplifier performance analysis and launch a custom data collector directly from the VTune Amplifier. Your custom collector can be an application you analyze with...
View ArticleInstalling a Custom Event-based Sampling Analysis Type
As soon as you edited a processor-specific script file to add event-based metrics, you may run a Python script translate_metrics.pyc to generate an analysis type configuration file in the format...
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Analyzing Child Processes
You may configure the Intel® VTune™ Amplifier to collect data on the processes spawned by the target process. This option is recommended for applications launched by a script.To enable this...
View ArticleAbout Installing Drivers
Intel® VTune™ Amplifier uses kernel drivers to enable the hardware event-based sampling and power analysis. VTune Amplifier installer automatically uses the Sampling Driver Kit and the Power Driver Kit...
View ArticleCPU Sleep States Analysis
NotePower analysis is provided by the VTune Amplifier for Systems only. To analyze applications on Linux* target systems, run the CPU Sleep States or CPU Frequency analysis types from the VTune...
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