I would like to thank Dave Christie for his clear description and explanation of the performance measurement events. I would also like to thank Anoop Iyer whose work is the source of many of the measurements described in this paper.
Paul Drongowski is an engineer in the AMD CodeAnalyst team and has worked on profiling tools and performance analysis for the last ten years. In addition to industrial experience, he has taught computer architecture, software development and VLSI design at Case Western Reserve University, Tufts and Princeton
Paul J. Drongowski
CodeAnalyst Development Team
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Boston Design Center