Interactive Visualization for Memory Reference Traces
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Date
2008
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The Eurographics Association and Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Abstract
We present the Memory Trace Visualizer (MTV), a tool that provides interactive visualization and analysis of the sequence of memory operations performed by a program as it runs. As improvements in processor performance continue to outpace improvements in memory performance, tools to understand memory access patterns are in- creasingly important for optimizing data intensive programs such as those found in scientific computing. Using visual representations of abstract data structures, a simulated cache, and animating memory operations, MTV can expose memory performance bottlenecks and guide programmers toward memory system optimization opportu- nities. Visualization of detailed memory operations provides a powerful and intuitive way to expose patterns and discover bottlenecks, and is an important addition to existing statistical performance measurements.
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@article{10.1111:j.1467-8659.2008.01212.x,
journal = {Computer Graphics Forum},
title = {{Interactive Visualization for Memory Reference Traces}},
author = {Choudhury, A. N. M. Imroz and Potter, Kristin C. and Parker, Steven G.},
year = {2008},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association and Blackwell Publishing Ltd.},
ISSN = {1467-8659},
DOI = {10.1111/j.1467-8659.2008.01212.x}
}