Optimize application performance using Arm Performix CPU microarchitecture analysis
Introduction
Set up the target environment and compile the application
Identify application bottlenecks with the CPU Microarchitecture recipe
Analyze SIMD utilization with the Instruction Mix recipe
Next Steps
Optimize application performance using Arm Performix CPU microarchitecture analysis
Who is this for?
This is an introductory topic for software developers who want to learn performance analysis methodologies for Linux applications on Arm Neoverse-based servers.
What will you learn?
Upon completion of this Learning Path, you will be able to:
- Identify CPU pipeline bottlenecks using the Arm Performix CPU Microarchitecture recipe
- Analyze instruction types and SIMD utilization using the Instruction Mix recipe
- Optimize application performance using vectorization and compiler flags
- Compare performance profiles to measure execution improvements
Prerequisites
Before starting, you will need the following:
- An Arm Neoverse-based server running Linux (bare-metal or cloud bare-metal instance preferred for access to hardware performance counters)
- Familiarity with Linux command line
- Basic understanding of CPU performance concepts