SuperComputing 2010

We will be at SuperComputing 2010 in New Orleans. Stop by the Krell Institute booth for a demo.
More details later.

Work has been on Open|SpeedShop 2.0

We are working on Open|SpeedShop 2.0 that will include full support for the online portion of the Open|SpeedShop tool. This will allow attaching to running processes and viewing of intermediate performance data results. These features have limited support in Open|SpeedShop version 1.9.3.4.

New Open|SpeedShop Release: Version 1.9.3.4

A new, 1.9.3.4, update version of Open|SpeedShop was released July 26, 2010. This version improves the support for the Cray-XT5 platform. This version also includes display speed improvements and bug fixes. It also introduces another convenience routine, osscompare, which allows the ability to compare up to five experiments (database files) to each other. osscompare can be run in batch mode. Another set of fixes was added in order to better support the MPI experiments (mpi and mpit) for tracing MPI functions in Fortran applications. These issues were mainly seen on applications using mpich2, mvapich or mvapich2 MPI implementations.

This update also fixes several other issues and bugs. This release is an update to the 1.9.3.3 that was released in February 27, 2010. For help or questions please use the “Contact Us” link on this page.

New Open|SpeedShop Release: Version 1.9.3.3

The new 1.9.3.3 update version of Open|SpeedShop was released February 27, 2010. This version improves the support for call stack unwinding for Intel compiled applications, cointains incremental fixes toward support for PPC platforms, contains iIncremental fixes toward support for the Cray-XT5 and BG/P platforms, includes fixes for better mpich2 and mvapich2 support for OpenSpeedShop experiments on Fortran applications, contains, configuration changes so that MRNet 2.2 and Dyninst 6.1 are the default versions for the online mode of operation, Upgrades the components used by OpenSpeedShop to these new versions:
libdwarf 20091230
libunwind 20100123
PAPI 3.7.0
sqlite 3.6.22
monitor 20091010
Dyninst 6.1
MRNet 2.2

This update also fixes several other issues and bugs. This release is an update to the 1.9.3.2 that was released in January 26, 2010, but contained some call stack unwinding problems. For help or questions please use the “Contact Us” link on this page.

New Open|SpeedShop Release: Version 1.9.3.2

The new 1.9.3.2 update version of Open|SpeedShop was released January 26, 2010. This version improves the support for individual pthread selection when viewing performance data in the GUI, improves cluster analysis support for pthreaded applications, improves the configuration support for Intel MPI and SGI MPT, and improves the SGI MPT, mpich2, and mvapich application recognition at execution time.. The base open source components that Open|SpeedShop uses have also been updated to new and improved versions, most notably, libunwind. This update also fixes several other issues and bugs. This release is an update to the 1.9.3.1 that was released in November, 2009. For help or questions please use the “Contact Us” link on this page.

SuperComputing 2009

Thanks to everyone that stopped by our booth for demos and discussion at our booth at SC 2009 in Portland, Oregon November 16-19, 2009. It was great to meet you and have the opportunity to discuss your performance tool needs and requirements. For those that couldn’t attend and would like to ask a question, please use the “Contact Us” link on the right side of our website to send your question or comment. Thanks!

New Open|SpeedShop Release: Version 1.9.3.1

The new 1.9.3.1 update version of Open|SpeedShop was released November 10, 2009. This version fixes execution and build issues found when building and using Open|SpeedShop on Fedora 11. This update also fixes an issue with building the Dyninst component on Ubuntu. Otherwise, this release is the same as the 1.9.3 that was released shortly before this update.

New Open|SpeedShop Release: Version 1.9.3

The new 1.9.3 version of Open|SpeedShop was released October 31, 2009. In this version, there are enhancements the build system in order to improve the building static versions of the collectors and static versions of the supporting runtime libraries. This change allows users to include these static libraries into their application in order to allow collection of performance data on machines that are more unique than the typical standard cluster. To support this change, Open|SpeedShop supporting components needed to be also targeted to be built statically for the non-standard platforms. So, a new build script which targets building supporting components for the non-standard platforms was also added. This release also contains bug fixes for the 1.9.2 version of Open|SpeedShop.

Click on the “DOWNLOAD Open|SpeedShop 1.9.3″ button on this home page to download the release. Click on the Download link under the “Bookmarks” section to explore all the release files, including release notes and the build and install guide.

Open|SpeedShop Release: Version 1.9.2

The new 1.9.2 version of Open|SpeedShop was released August 16, 2009. This release contains many improvements to the offline version of Open|SpeedShop. There were changes to openss command syntax to increase the ease of use for the offline default mode of operation. Several GUI enhancements have been made in the StatsPanel to allow easier creation of optional views of the performance data and also in the custom comparison view, where short cut icons have been added. This release also includes more build, configuration, and install updates. More updates to the install script to check for more required packages and let the user know which packages are missing before the script invokes the build. This release includes enhanced configuration support for mpich2, mvapich and mvapich2. Several bugs fixes are also included in this version.

Click on the “DOWNLOAD Open|SpeedShop 1.9.2″ button on this home page to download the release. Click on the Download link under the “Bookmarks” section to explore all the release files, including release notes and the build and install guide.

Try the Open|SpeedShop 1.9.2 Live CD

Create a live CD from the downloadable OpenSpeedShop-Live.iso image available on sourceforge.net. This allows you to try Open|SpeedShop without having to do a native install on your machine. Here are the instructions on how to try it out:

• Download the iso image (Click Here)
• Burn ISO image onto a CD
• Boot from CD
• Wait until “Getting Started” web page appears
• Use the Users Guide or the Quick Start Guide from this website or the LiveCD to run Open|SpeedShop

Latest Tutorial Slides Available:

Open|SpeedShop IEEE Cluster 2009 Tutorial Slides (PDF) August 27, 2009

Previous release information:

A new 1.9.1 version of Open|SpeedShop was released December 23, 2008. This release includes enhanced support for Ubuntu 8.10. This release also includes more build, configuration, and install updates. The new install script will check for more required packages and let the user know which packages are missing before the script invokes the build. Several bugs fixes and performance speedups in Open|SpeedShop itself are also included in this version.