Tool Updated: VTune Performance Analyzer

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:23:47 GMT

Listed in categories: Profiler Tools, Thread Monitoring Tools

Most recent version:
9.0

Most recent release date:

Description:
This tool does reportedly not work ANYMORE without having the source code for the analyzed program, which sadly makes it relatively useless for reversing purposes.

Up until version 5 it used to have pure assembler profiling though, so if you can find an old <= 5 version it might still be a good tool though.

See the following for more info:
http://www.woodmann.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11306

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Nice analysis tool, which can among other things log API calls, create call graphs, analyse and trace thread usage and synchronization object use.

Includes Intel Thread Profiler too.

Intel's own sale spin description:
Deliver fast software on the latest 64-bit multi-core systems running Microsoft Windows Vista*, Windows* XP or Windows Server*. Locate performance bottlenecks without recompilation and with very low overhead (under 5%). Analyze the results using a graphical interface with strong Visual Studio* and .NET integration. Quickly drill down to the source to identify problematic lines of code.

Tool Updated: Thread Profiler

Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:40:02 GMT

Listed in categories: Thread Monitoring Tools

Most recent version:
3.1

Most recent release date:

Description:
Good tool to 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

Can be quite handy to analyze thread trickery in target applications.

Intel's own sale spin description:
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.

Collaborative RCE Tool Library - Thread Monitoring Tools

Tool Updated: VTune Performance Analyzer

Tool Updated: Thread Profiler