Visualize Threaded Application Behavior:- Timeline view aids in understanding what threads are doing and how they interact
- Pinpoint the exact location of performance issues in call stacks and source code to aid analysis
- Measure the number of cores that are effectively utilized by the application to determine actual parallel performance
Intel Thread Profiler 3.1 for Windows shows both the concurrency and timeline views simultaneously to help you visualize what percent of code is optimally parallel and where application performance issues exist. In Figure 1, two source code fixes resulted in continued performance improvement with each revision, illustrated by the shortening of the application runtime. Intel Thread Profiler enables developers to make their applications multi-core ready.
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Figure 1 View Concurrency and Timelines Simultaneously Drill to the source code view by double clicking on a transition in the timeline view to see exactly where threads are transitioning work in the source code, as seen in Figure 2. This is key to understanding the threaded application behavior. 
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Figure 2 Drill to the Source Code to Identify Threading Issues |
Intel Thread Profiler 3.0 for Windows is compatible with today’s industry-standard development tools:
- Microsoft Visual Studio* 2003, 2005 or 2008
- Microsoft Visual C++* Compiler 2005, 2003, 2002 Editions or Visual C++ 6.0
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Express Edition C++ Compiler
- Intel® VTune™ Performance Analyzer 8.0 or higher
- Intel® Fortran and C++ Compilers
- Windows threads and POSIX* threads
- Intel® Threading Building Blocks
- Support for Intel® OpenMP*
Microsoft Visual Studio* Developers: Intel® Thread Profiler requires VTune™ Analyzer 9.0 update 7 and later to integrate with Microsoft Visual Studio* 2003, 2005 or 2008. Visual Studio 2008 integration is available on all supported platforms except Vista* on Intel® 64 architecture. VTune Analyzer does integrate with Visual Studio 2005 on Vista for Intel 64 architecture and also works standalone. Integration with Visual Studio 2008 on Vista for Intel 64 architecture is planned for a future update.
Back to topWith the purchase of Intel Thread Profiler, you will receive one year of technical support and product updates from Intel® Premier Support, our interactive issue management and communication Web site. This premium support service allows you to submit questions, download product updates, and access technical notes, application notes, and other documentation. For more information, visit the
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Back to top1 Hyper-Threading Technology requires a computer system with an Intel® Pentium® 4 processor supporting HT Technology and a Hyper-Threading Technology enabled chipset, BIOS, and operating system. Performance will vary depending on the specific hardware and software you use. See
http://www.intel.com/info/hyperthreading for more information including details on which processors support HT Technology.
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