Accuracy of performance counter measurements

ISPASS 2009 - International Symposium on Performance Analysis of Systems and Software

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 23-32

  Zaparanuks, Dmitrijs ^a   Jovic, Milan ^a   Hauswirth, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; APPLICATION CODES; ATHLON 64; CLOCK CYCLES; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; EXPERIMENTAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS; HARDWARE PERFORMANCE COUNTERS; MODERN PROCESSORS; PENTIUM; PERFORMANCE COUNTERS; SOFTWARE INFRASTRUCTURE; SOFTWARE THREADS; USER-LEVEL CODES;

COMPUTER HARDWARE;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 70349170794     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISPASS.2009.4919635     Document Type: Conference Paper

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