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title	Sample Instructions with WindowsPerf and Arm SPE
minutes_to_complete	30
who_is_this_for	This is an introductory topic for developers who would like to learn about sampling CPU instructions with WindowsPerf and the Arm Statistical Profiling Extension (SPE).
learning_objectives	Use WindowsPerf with a native Windows on Arm workload. Describe the basic concepts of sampling with Arm SPE. Explore the WindowsPerf command line. Build CPython from sources for Windows on Arm (AArch64).
prerequisites	A Windows on Arm desktop or development machine, with CPU support for SPE. An installation of [WindowsPerf](/install-guides/wperf). An installation of [Visual Studio](/install-guides/vs-woa/). An installation of [Git](/install-guides/git-woa/).
author	Przemyslaw Wirkus
skilllevels	Introductory
subjects	Performance and Architecture
armips	Neoverse Cortex-A
operatingsystems	Windows
tools_software_languages	WindowsPerf Python perf
shared_path	true
shared_between	servers-and-cloud-computing laptops-and-desktops
further_reading	resource title link type Announcing WindowsPerf Open-source performance analysis tool for Windows on Arm https://developer.arm.com/community/arm-community-blogs/b/servers-and-cloud-computing-blog/posts/announcing-windowsperf blog resource title link type WindowsPerf release 2.4.0 introduces the first stable version of sampling model support https://www.linaro.org/blog/windowsperf-release-2-4-0-introduces-the-first-stable-version-of-sampling-model-support/ blog resource title link type WindowsPerf Release 2.5.1 https://www.linaro.org/blog/windowsperf-release-2-5-1/ blog resource title link type WindowsPerf Release 3.0.0 https://www.linaro.org/blog/windowsperf-release-3-0-0/ blog resource title link type WindowsPerf Release 3.3.0 https://www.linaro.org/blog/windowsperf-release-3-3-0/ blog resource title link type WindowsPerf Release 3.7.2 https://www.linaro.org/blog/expanding-profiling-capabilities-with-windowsperf-372-release blog resource title link type Introducing the WindowsPerf GUI: the Visual Studio 2022 extension https://www.linaro.org/blog/introducing-the-windowsperf-gui-the-visual-studio-2022-extension blog resource title link type Introducing 1.0.0-beta release of WindowsPerf Visual Studio extension https://www.linaro.org/blog/introducing-1-0-0-beta-release-of-windowsperf-visual-studio-extension blog resource title link type New Release: WindowsPerf Visual Studio Extension v1.0.0 https://www.linaro.org/blog/new-release-windowsperf-visual-studio-extension-v1000 blog resource title link type Launching WindowsPerf Visual Studio Extension v2.1.0 https://www.linaro.org/blog/launching--windowsperf-visual-studio-extension-v210 blog resource title link type Windows on Arm overview https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/arm/overview website resource title link type Linaro Windows on Arm project https://www.linaro.org/windows-on-arm/ website resource title link type WindowsPerf releases https://github.com/arm-developer-tools/windowsperf/releases website
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learning_path_main_page	yes