New Intel VTune Performance Analyzer Helps Optimize Web Services Applications.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 14, 2002

Intel Corporation demonstrated its latest version of the Intel(R) VTune(TM) Performance Analyzer with additional features that make application performance tuning easier and more efficient for Microsoft Visual Studio(1) .NET(1) developers so that their applications can run at the highest levels of performance on Intel-based platforms.

During his keynote at the VSLive! show in San Francisco today, Will Swope, vice president and co-general manager of Intel's Software and Solutions Group, demonstrated the beta version 6.0 of the VTune Performance Analyzer. The new tool, due in April, supports the Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4, Intel(R) Xeon(TM) and Itanium(TM) processors and the Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) III Processor - M.

"Intel is working to make Web services development easier and efficient by bringing together powerful, interoperable tools and technologies across Intel-based platforms," said Swope. "The latest version of the VTune Performance Analyzer is designed to give the developer using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET a close look into the application code to pinpoint bottlenecks and then optimize the code so that it performs at the highest levels on Intel-based platforms."

New features include an updated user interface and an enhanced call graph. The VTune Performance Analyzer also includes multi-threaded support so that developers can tune their applications to take advantage of Intel's Hyper-Threading technology appearing later this quarter in the Intel Xeon processor family for dual and multi-processor servers. The new integrated Intel(R) Tuning Assistant provides system and source level tuning insights based on operating system and CPU performance counters, making the tool an integral part of the application optimization process.

The VTune Performance Analyzer collects, analyzes and displays software performance data from the system-wide view down to a specific function, module or instruction in a developer's source code. The tool helps developers easily recognize potential performance bottlenecks and produce a higher level of performance and competitiveness for their applications.

"Developers at Microsoft use the VTune Performance Analyzer from Intel because of the optimization capabilities that it provides when writing software programs," said Tom Button, vice president of enterprise tools and developer marketing at Microsoft. "The VTune Performance Analyzer helps our developers deliver high-quality software programs, and at the same time enables the applications to take advantage of the latest Intel processor advancements. We have had several teams use VTune to successfully optimize the performance of our software."

With support for Visual Basic .NET(1), Visual C# .NET(1), C/C++, Fortran, Assembler and Microsoft Visual Basic(1), version 6.0 of the VTune Performance Analyzer will be available to developers in April 2002 for $699. Purchase of the product includes one year of Intel Premier Support, access to all product updates and access to renewal pricing at the end of the year. The beta version of the tool is available today to all developers, including those that are participating in the Early Access Programs for the Intel Xeon, Itanium and Pentium 4 processor families. For more information about the VTune Performance Analyzer, visit www.intel.com/software/products.

Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of computer, networking and communications products. Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom.

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