Intel® Inspector Release Notes and New Features

Version: 2022.0 Published: 04/25/2020

Last Updated: 11/30/2021

This page provides the current Release Notes for Intel^® Inspector. The notes are categorized by year, from newest to oldest, with individual releases listed within each year.

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2022.1

Overview

Intel® Inspector has been updated to include more recent versions of 3rd party components, which include functional and security updates. Users should update to the latest version.

2022.0

Overview

Intel® Inspector has been updated to include more recent versions of 3rd party components, which include functional and security updates.

2021

2021.4

Overview

Improved C++ stack frames visualization.
Reduced number of false reports on libc and OpenCL libraries.

2021.3

Overview

Added correctness check for memcpy() function arguments on Windows. Inspector will report diagnostic if it detects overlapping of memcpy() arguments.

2021.2

Overview

Locate and debug threading and memory errors in the GPU target Data Parallel C++ and OpenMP codes. (in technical preview)

NOTE: 2021.2 release is conflicted with 2021.1 release if it was installed by YUM, DNF, or Zypper package managers. Please remove 2021.1 release before installing 2021.2 release. To install both releases side-by-side, please use web distribution. For details, see Installation Using Package Managers

2021.1

Initial Release

Preview: memory and threading errors analysis for DPC++ and OpenMP offloaded codes, executed on CPU target.

2020

Update 3

Intel® Inspector has been updated to include more recent versions of 3rd party components, which include functional and security updates.

Update 2

Intel® Inspector has been updated to include more recent versions of 3rd party components, which include functional and security updates.

Update 1

Intel® Inspector has been updated to include more recent versions of 3rd party components, which include functional and security updates.

Initial release

Intel® Inspector has been updated to include more recent versions of 3rd party components, which include functional and security updates.

2019

Update 5

Overview

Intel Inspector has been updated to include more recent versions of 3rd party components, which include functional and security updates. Users should update to the latest version.
Implemented support for Microsoft Visual Studio* 2019 Update 1 including integration with Visual Studio debugger.
Bug fixes.

Update 4

Overview

Fixed the bug preventing Inspector from working on Windows* 10 version 1809.
Added support for Microsoft* Visual Studio* 2019.

Update 3

Overview

Bug fixes.
Simplified installation and licensing (serial numbers and license files are no longer required for this product).
Support for Fedora* 29 added.

Update 2

Overview

Intel® Inspector 2019 Update 2 includes functional and security updates. Users should update to the latest version.

Update 1

Overview

Support for Red Hat* Enterprise Linux* 6.10
Support for Ubuntu* 18.10
Bug fixes

Initial Release

Overview:

Introduces Intel Inspector - Persistence Inspector feature
New operating system support:
- Fedora* 27
- Ubuntu* 17.10
- Microsoft* Windows* 10 RS3

2018

Update 4

Overview

Support for SUSE* Linux Enterprise Server* 15
Support for Fedora* 28
Support for Red Hat* Enterprise Linux* 7.5
Support for Ubuntu* 18.04
Bug fixes

Update 3

Overview

Inspector debugger add-on now supports Microsoft* Visual Studio* 2017
Support for SUSE* Linux Enterprise Server* 12 SP3
Support for Microsoft* Windows* 10 build 17134
Bug fixes

Update 2

Overview

Deadlocks detection on std::shared_mutex (C++17 standard)
Support Fedora* 27
Support Ubuntu* 17.10
Support Microsoft* Windows* 10 build 1709
Bug fixes

Update 1

Overview

Fixed incompatibility with some antiviruses
Other bug fixes

Initial Release

Overview

Support for C++17 std::shared_mutex and Windows SRW Locks, that enable threading error analysis for applications with read/write synchronization primitives.
Support for cross-OS analysis to all license types. The installation packages for additional operating system can be downloaded from registrationcenter.intel.com.
Support and integration in Microsoft Visual Studio* 2017
Support for Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors.
Support for Microsoft* Windows Server* 2016.
Support for Fedora 26
Support for Ubuntu* 17.04
Support for Debian* 9
Support for SUSE* Linux Enterprise Server* 12 SP2
Bug fixes

2017

Update 4

Linux* Release Notes Windows* Release Notes

Overview

Added support for Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
Added support for Microsoft* Windows Server 2016
Added support Ubuntu* 17.04, SUSE* Linux Enterprise Server* 12 SP2
Bug fixes

Update 3

Linux* Release Notes Windows* Release Notes

Overview

Correctness improvements of uninitialized memory reads detection algorithm.
Added support for Microsoft Visual Studio* 2017.
Bug fixes

Update 2

Linux* Release Notes Windows* Release Notes

Overview

Bug fixes

Update 1

Linux* Release Notes Windows* Release Notes

Overview

Bug fixes.

Initial Release

Linux* Release Notes Windows* Release Notes

Overview

Added new OS support.
Support for Intel® Xeon Phi™ processor (codename: Knights Landing)
Variable name detection for threading analysis (global, static and stack variables)

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