How many times does the Intel Platform Modeling tool have to run my application?
A – The number of times that an application is run depends on how many events you want to look at. There might be some 400 publicly available events for the host processor and because only 2 may be collected at one time, the application may have to be run 200 times. This is the maximum but a more normal approach may be to look at the usual suspects for bottlenecks in application. That would require 13 runs with the distributed example configuration. You may build your own configurations if you have your own list of usual suspects. Q – Why would I use this utility instead of VTune? A – The Intel Platform Modeling tool is a good place to start – before jumping in to VTune. Once the list of best predictors is produced, VTune can be used to find where these events occur in your application. Q – Have the results of the Intel Platform Modeling tool been validated? A – The Intel Platform Modeling tool is a research project. The news group for this tool should be a good place to explore what o
