Intel® Multi-Core Technology Tools for Embedded and Communications Applications

To help developers fully execute multiple code streams in parallel, Intel provides technical information along with a set of software tools to assist in maximizing performance on Intel® multi-core processors.

Multi-core development tools

Intel has developed a robust suite of integrated software development tools to enable rapid development and optimization of multi-threaded applications. These tools include:

• Intel® VTune™ Performance Analyzers to evaluate application characteristics and determine performance impacts
• Intel® Thread Checker and Intel® Thread Profiler for identifying specific opportunities to improve code efficiency and performance
• Intel® C++ Compiler and code libraries for automatic parallelization of application software

Related resources

• Developing communications and embedded applications using multi-core (PDF 865KB)
  Intel® software tools ease the transition from sequential to parallel processing by assisting the developer in identifying threading opportunities and in tuning threaded application performance.
• Intel® Software College
  From course development to discussion forums, Intel® Software College enhances your knowledge base and improves your critical skills.