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 VTune is a performance tuning environment for Windows developers from Intel.

Features of Intel Vtune :

a)Sampling b)Call Graph c)Counter Monitor d)Tuning Assistant
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 Sampling is the process of collecting a set of data for analysis and representing the analyzed data in statistical format. Sampling helps to Identify : a) Hotspots b) Bottlenecks
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Sampling

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Time Based Sampling

Performed on the basis of OS time.

Event Based Sampling

Performed on processor events.

The process that takes the longest time to execute contains the largest number of samples.
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Determine area in the application generating the largest number of processor events.

 Call Graph profiling includes collecting and analyzing function call information. It helps us to identify the critical path of the application. Result of call graph is displayed in three views.
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Graph View

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Call List View

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Function Summary View

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 Counter Monitor identifies system-level issues in the applications. Performance Counter is a feature that measures and gathers performance related data. Counter Monitor also helps you to understand the cause-and-effect relationship between an application and system on which the application is running.
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 Collection : Trigger Mechanism Views : Logged Data View Runtime Data View Summary Data View

Accessories : Control Charts

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 Applications can be tuned at three different levels : a) System Level Tuning .

b) Application Level Tuning .

c) Microarchitecture Level Tuning .

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a) Balancing I/O & computation b) Improving the threading model . c) Improving the efficiency of computation.

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a) Sampling - based advice . b) Counter monitor based advice . c) Source based advice . d) Static assembly penalties .

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By: Rizwani Binash Sarfaraz

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