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                      Intel(R) Platform Performance Modeling Tool
                                   README
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Introduction
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The Intel® Platform Modeling tool is an Intel research project which simultaneously 
collects all available hardware metrics on the platform – host processor, chipset, 
video, 3D, even NVIDIA.  Some of the hardware metrics are not yet publicly available 
but will be made available as soon as authorization is received.  Software metrics 
such as Perfmon and metrics from application code can be added to the mix of 
simultaneous hardware metrics.  By collecting metrics at the same time, relationships 
between metrics can be uncovered using any available method including Machine Learning (ML).  
With an increasing number of metrics available, a list of the best predictors of 
performance from ML can orient the developer to the right bottleneck in a hardware 
or software design.


Installation
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Run the setup.exe if there is any question.


Launching the Tool
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A shortcut is placed on the Desktop after running setup.exe.  Double-click on it
or place that shortcut on the Taskbar for the Explorer.  For Vista users, it is
recommended that you mark the shortcut as "Run as Administrator" whereever it is 
launched from.

Other Sources of Information
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Release Information
    Refer to the release notes (RELEASENOTES.htm) and
    the license agreement (EULA.txt).

Other Intel Products
    You can find out about other Intel software development products through
    the Intel web site at: http://www.intel.com/software/products/


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