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Arm Statistical Profiling Extension: Performance Analysis Methodology White Paper

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Arm Statistical Profiling Extension: Performance Analysis Methodology White Paper

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This paper presents a methodology for workload characterization and root cause analysis using the Arm® Statistical Profiling Extension (SPE) demonstrated on a Neoverse ™ N1 core. The target audience are software developers and performance analysts in software development, analysis, optimization, and tuning. This paper may also help silicon engineers to conduct performance analysis and debugging.