Intel Announces the Release of a Patch Update to Intel® GPA 2013 R4
(December 19th, 2013)
A patch is now available for Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers 2013 R4 (Intel® GPA) -- download the latest release from the Intel GPA Home Page.
This patch provides a new version of Intel GPA Platform Analyzer, in addition to the other features that were added in the original Intel GPA 2013 R4 release.The update brings in a number of new exciting capabilities, allowing you to profile an Android* application running on an Intel Android* phone or Intel tablet. In particular, the following items can now be visualized within the timeline of the Intel GPA Platform Analyzer tool:
- OGL ES 1.1 & 2.0 API calls
- CPU Context Switches
- GPU AWAKE periods (PowerVR* GPU)
- 3D & Tile Accelerator utilization (PowerVR* GPU)
- All metrics available in Intel GPA System Analyzer, like GPU, CPU, Graphics, and Power.
Also, with this patch tracing is enabled by default. To disable tracing, see this article.
Background
Intel® GPA is a powerful developer tool suite that provides actionable performance and frame analysis for optimizing games, media, and other graphics-intensive applications on Intel® Core™ with HD Graphics Processor-based platforms running Windows* 7, 8, and 8.1 operating systems. Intel® GPA also supports Intel® Atom™ based phones running Android* operating systems.
Available now, see this article for more information about this release.
The product also adds other minor enhancements and stability improvements, so all users should download and install this latest version of the product from the Intel GPA Home Page.
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