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<h2>MIPS Counter and Graph</h2> |
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<p>The Million Instructions Per Second (MIPS) graph gives you a general idea of |
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CPU speed in a measured use case. The basic use case for the MIPS analysis |
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would be to check any low areas in the graph since they may reveal unoptimized |
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features, for example, in terms of memory access (reads and writes). The higher |
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the MIPS values, the better and the faster the CPU is in executing |
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instructions.</p> |
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<p>A MIPS (Million Instructions Per Millisecond) graph is displayed in the |
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Performance Counters view, when <b>Instructions executed</b> has been selected |
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as one of the profiled counters. From PI Profiler version 2.2.1. onwards, CPU |
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speed data is included when "Instructions executed" profiled. For files created |
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with earlier PI Profiler versions, the dialog below is displayed during |
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PIAnalyser file import:</p> |
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<p align="center"><img src="images/MIPS_speed_dialog.png"></p> |
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<p class="figure">Figure 1. MIPS Graph Generation</p> |
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<p>The processor speed information is needed for calculating the data for the |
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MIPS graph. The rest of the data for the calculation is always included in the |
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<b>Instructions executed</b> and <b>CPU cycles</b> counters.</p> |
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<p style="text-align:center"><img src="images/PEC_view_MIPS.png"></p> |
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<p>The MIPS counter information is displayed in the graphs view and the legend |
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table together with the other performance counters. Note, however, that for |
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MIPS only <b>Average (1/ms)</b>, <b>Min (1/ms)</b>, and <b>Max (1/ms)</b> |
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information is displayed in the legend table.</p> |
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<p>When the CPU speed data is included in the imported Profiler data file, a |
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CPU clock rate counter and graph are also displayed in the <a |
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href="view_performance_counters.htm">Performance Counters View</a>.</p> |
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<h4>Related references </h4> |
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<li><a href="view_performance_counters.htm">Performance Counters View</a></li> |
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<li><a href="traceable_events.htm">Traceable Event Types</a></li> |
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<li><a href="../profiler/Prof_counter_settings.htm">PIProfiler Performance |
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Counter Settings</a></li> |
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<li><a href="main_view.htm">Analyzer View</a></li> |
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