Title :
The Motorola PowerPCTM PEEK profiler
Author :
Stewart, Katherine ; Butt, Farooq ; Sarkisian, Drew ; Breternitz, Muuricio, Jr.
Author_Institution :
Compiler & Tools Group, RISC Software, Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
PEEK (Performance Extraction and Exploration tool-Kit) is a product designed to provide software developers with the means to explore and improve various aspects of the performance of applications on PowerPC systems. PEEK has been engineered to support multiple operating systems that run on PowerPC processors, including the AIXTM, MacTM OS, and Windows NTTM operating systems. A common graphical interface is used to allow visual navigation through both static and dynamic aspects of an application. Color is used to summarize frequency information where the application spends its time. Source and annotated assembler listings of an application are available for exploration; these are correlated to the graphical representation of the application
Keywords :
performance evaluation; software performance evaluation; software tools; Motorola PowerPCTM; PEEK profiler; PowerPC processors; common graphical interface; multiple operating systems; performance; performance analysis tools; software development tools; visual navigation; Application software; Assembly; Frequency; Navigation; Operating systems; Power engineering and energy; Product design; Software design; Software performance; Software tools;
Conference_Titel :
Performance, Computing, and Communications Conference, 1997. IPCCC 1997., IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Phoenix, Tempe, AZ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3873-1
DOI :
10.1109/PCCC.1997.581537
