LatencyTOP is a
Linux
Linux ( ) is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an kernel (operating system), operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically package manager, pac ...
application for identifying
operating system
An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources, and provides common daemon (computing), services for computer programs.
Time-sharing operating systems scheduler (computing), schedule tasks for ...
latency within the
kernel and find out the operations/actions which cause the latency. LatencyTOP is a tool for
software developers to visualize system latencies. Based on these observations, the
source code
In computing, source code, or simply code or source, is a plain text computer program written in a programming language. A programmer writes the human readable source code to control the behavior of a computer.
Since a computer, at base, only ...
of the application or kernel can be modified to reduce latency. It was released by
Intel
Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and Delaware General Corporation Law, incorporated in Delaware. Intel designs, manufactures, and sells computer compo ...
in 2008 under the
GPLv2 license. It works for Intel,
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California and maintains significant operations in Austin, Texas. AMD is a hardware and fabless company that de ...
and
ARM processors.
As of 2021, the project appears inactive with the last
commit to the source code in October 2009.
See also
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Green computing
Green computing, green IT (Information Technology), or Information and Communication Technology Sustainability, is the study and practice of environmentally sustainable computing or IT.
The goals of green computing include optimising energy ef ...
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PowerTOP
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top (software)
top is a task manager or system monitor program, found in many Unix-like operating systems, that displays information about CPU and memory utilization.
Overview
The program produces an ordered list of running processes selected by user-specif ...
References
External links
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Linux process- and task-management-related software
Computers and the environment
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