1. OPTIMIZING AND DEBUGGING GRAPHICS APPLICATIONS WITH AMD'S GPU PERFSTUDIO 2.5 GPG Developer Tools Gordon Selley Peter Lohrmann GDC 2011

2. 2| GPU PerfStudio 2.5 | March 03, 2011 | Public GPU PERFSTUDIO 2 - OVERVIEW  Introduction to PerfStudio –Quick overview of the key tools and features.  Demo Support for Multithreaded DX11 Applications –Visualizing the structure of applications that use command lists and deferred contexts. –Debug the contents of command lists using flattening.  Demo Editing and Optimizing Shaders –The use of the shader editor and profiler to increase shader performance.

3. 3| GPU PerfStudio 2.5 | March 03, 2011 | Public GPU PERFSTUDIO 2 - INTRODUCTION  What is GPU PerfStudio 2? –GPU PerfStudio 2 is AMD’s current GPU Performance Analysis & Debugging Tool for graphics applications  Key Features –Supports OpenGL 3.0, DirectX®10 & 10.1, DirectX®11 –Works on all vendor hardware (Profiler AMD only) –Server - Win7, Vista (32 and 64bit versions) –Client – Win7, Vista, XP. –No custom driver requirements –Small footprint – no installation –No modifications to target application necessary –Free download http://developer.amd.com/gpu/PerfStudio 3

4. 4| GPU PerfStudio 2.5 | March 03, 2011 | Public GPU PERFSTUDIO 2 – THE TOOLS  Frame Debugger –Select a draw call –View all game resources/state bound to the pipeline  Frame Profiler –Identify costly draw calls –Identify GPU bottlenecks, investigate at the counter level  Shader Debugger/Editor –Edit & Debug HLSL and Assembly code from inside an app –Step, breakpoints, inspect register values.  API Trace Viewer –Inspect all API calls (with arguments) –Visualize multi-threaded API usage –CPU timeline information for each API call

5. 5| GPU PerfStudio 2.5 | March 03, 2011 | Public GPU PERFSTUDIO 2.5 - INTRODUCTION  What’s new in GPU PerfStudio 2.5?  Improved API Trace viewer –Visualize DX11 multi-threaded command list creation –Inspect API calls per thread –Draw call flattening  New - HLSL shader editing and re-insertion –Allows the developer to edit shaders inside their app while it is running. –Profile edited shaders to measure performance increases.

6. 6| GPU PerfStudio 2.5 | March 03, 2011 | Public GPU PERFSTUDIO 2.5 DEMONSTRATION  MultiThreadedRendering11 –Shader code is original –Shaders compiled with debug flags –Added some PerfMarkers

7. 7| GPU PerfStudio 2.5 | March 03, 2011 | Public GPU PERFSTUDIO 2 AVAILABILITY  Download GPU PerfStudio 2.4 now from –http://developer.amd.com/gpu/PerfStudio/http://developer.amd.com/gpu/PerfStudio/  PerfStudio 2.5 available end of March 2011  Free to all developers

8. 8| GPU PerfStudio 2.5 | March 03, 2011 | Public OTHER AMD GPU TOOLS  Available at: http://developer.amd.com/gpuhttp://developer.amd.com/gpu –GPU ShaderAnalyzer –GPU Perf API –AMD APP Profiler –AMD APP KernelAnalyzer

9. 9| GPU PerfStudio 2.5 | March 03, 2011 | Public CONTACT  Email –gputools.support@AMD.comgputools.support@AMD.com –Gordon.Selley@AMD.comGordon.Selley@AMD.com –Peter.Lohrmann@AMD.comPeter.Lohrmann@AMD.com  Developer forums –http://forums.amd.com/devforum/  Visit AMD Booth 924

10. 10| GPU PerfStudio 2.5 | March 03, 2011 | Public QUESTIONS?

11. 11| GPU PerfStudio 2.5 | March 03, 2011 | Public Trademark Attribution AMD, the AMD Arrow logo and combinations thereof are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. Other names used in this presentation are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners. ©2011 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved.