Requirements for Android Features in Intel® VTune™ Amplifier 2014 for Systems

Intel^® VTune™ Amplifier 2014 for Systems brings many of the capabilities that Linux* and Windows* developers have enjoyed for ~20 years to Android*, and some new features that are only available on Android.  The features you get depend on the device.

The following table summarizes what various VTune Amplifier features need:

• Basic Hotspots including user mode stacks to C/C++ Source
  • All available Android devices based on Intel® Architecture such as those at http://software.intel.com/en-us/android/get-device.
• Java Functions with Java Source, JIT assembly or DEX Drill Down
  • Rootable device
  • Instrumented Java/Dalvik JVM (Available in most Intel® Atom processor builds)
• Hardware-Event Based Sampling (Enables Kernel Stacks, Advanced Hotspots, General Exploration, System [Wide] Profiling, and Custom Analysis Types)
  • Rootable device
  • Version compatible signed performance analysis drivers available
    • pax.ko, sep3_10.ko, and vtssp.ko
  • Intel^® Atom processor or 4^th Generation Intel^® Core processor (codename haswell)
• Intel^® Energy Profiler
  • Rootable device
  • Version compatible signed Intel Energy Profiler driver available
    • SOCWATCH1_3.ko for 22nm Intel Atom processor (codenamed silvermont) or 4^th Generation Intel Core processor (codenamed haswell)
    • apwr3_1.ko for 32nm High-K next generation Intel Atom processor (codenamed medfield, lexington, or clovertrail plus)

If you don't already have a device that supports the features you need, check back here later, for information on how to get a "public" device.

If you have information on how to enable (Example: root an off-the-shelf device) or get other devices which have partial or full support of the above features for VTune Amplifier 2014 for Systems please post a comment to this article.

For More Information see:

• http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/using-intel-vtune-amplifier-on-non-rooted-android-devices
• For all Performance Analysis and Installation on Android using Intel® Vtune Amplifier 2014 for Systems.  See: http://software.intel.com/en-us/node/496926
• For Intel® Energy Profiler usage in Intel VTune Amplifier 2014 for Systems:
  • http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/how-to-use-the-intel-energy-profiler-in-intel-system-studio-2014
  • SoCWatch see SoCWatchForAndroid_v1_3_0.pdf in the socwatch_android_v1.3.tar.gz
  • WuWatch see WakeUpWatchForAndroid.pdf in wuwatch_android_3.1.6.tar.gz