Tutorial: Where to Add Parallelism with Intel® Advisor 2015 and a C/C++ Sample

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Intel Advisor provides tools that help you decide where to add parallelism to your application. Use Intel Advisor for applications:

Intel Advisor Access

  1. Open a terminal session.
  2. Type one of the following source commands to set up your environment:

    • source <install-dir>/advixe-vars.sh (using the bash shell)

    • source <install-dir>/advixe-vars.csh (using the C shell)

    Note

    The default installation directory <install-dir> is below opt/intel/.

  3. Type advixe-gui to launch the Intel Advisor GUI (or advixe-gui & to run the Intel Advisor GUI in the background).

Standalone Intel Advisor GUI

Standalone GUI

1

The Intel Advisor menu, toolbar, and Project Navigator offer different ways to perform many of the same functions.

On the menu, use:

  • File to manage projects and results, and launch the Intel Advisor analysis tools

  • View to toggle on a full-screen view of result tab data (press F11 or ESC to toggle off full-screen view); and open the Welcome tab, Advisor Workflow, Summary window, and Project Navigator

  • Help to access resources such as Help, Getting Started documentation, and online training and documentation

2

Use the toolbar to manage projects and results; open the Advisor Workflow, Summary window, and Project Navigator; and launch the Intel Advisor analysis tools.

3

Use the Project Navigator to see a hierarchical view of your projects and results based on the directory where the opened project resides; open the Advisor Workflow; launch Intel Advisor analysis tools; manage results and projects; and access resources such as Help, Getting Started documentation, and online training and documentation.

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Use the Intel Advisor result tab to view, interpret, and manipulate the data collected by Intel Advisor analysis tools. There is one active result for each project. You can also create read-only result snapshots (click the Snapshot icon icon).

Advisor Workflow

Workflow

The Advisor Workflow:

1 Provides a roadmap for finding where to add parallelism.

2 Lets you launch Intel Advisor analysis tools.

3 Provides links to relevant topics in Intel Advisor Help.

4 Shows the name of your current project.

Intel Advisor Result Tab

Result Tab

1

Use the result tab name to identify a result. It consists of the project name and an identifier in the format ennn.

2

Use the navigation toolbar to navigate among various result tab windows. >> and << scroll controls appear if the full navigation toolbar cannot be displayed.

3

Use the command toolbar to control collection and analysis. The Show/Hide control control shows/hides this toolbar.

4

Use the Intel Advisor result tab to view, interpret, and manipulate the data collected by Intel Advisor analysis tools.


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