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 <span id="id1"></span><h1>Overview<a class="headerlink" href="#overview" title="Link to this heading"></a></h1>
 <p>When you use Intel analyzer tools to improve the performance of your software
 application, during execution, use the Intel® Instrumentation and Tracing
 Technology (ITT) and Just-In-Time (JIT) APIs to instrument your code to generate
 trace data and control its collection. You use the ITT/JIT APIs to identify and
 measure specific areas of code to get insights into performance bottlenecks and
 resource utilization.</p>
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 <h2>Components<a class="headerlink" href="#components" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2>
 <ul class="simple">
 <li><p><strong>ITT API</strong>: Powers your application to generate and control the collection
 of trace data during its execution, seamlessly integrating with Intel tools.</p></li>
 <li><p><strong>JIT API</strong>: Reports detailed information about just-in-time (JIT) compiled
 code, enabling you to profile the performance of dynamically generated code.</p></li>
 </ul>
 </section>
 <section id="architecture">
 <h2>Architecture<a class="headerlink" href="#architecture" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2>
 <p>The ITT/JIT APIs consist of two parts:</p>
 <ul class="simple">
 <li><p><strong>Static Part</strong>: An open-source static library
 (<a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/intel/ittapi">ittapi</a>) that you compile and link
 with your application to enable tracing features.</p></li>
 <li><p><strong>Dynamic Part</strong>: A tool-specific shared library that collects and writes
 trace data. You can find the reference implementation of the dynamic part
 as a <em>Reference Collector</em> <a class="reference external" href="ref_collector.html">here</a>.</p></li>
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	<p>When you use Intel analyzer tools to improve the performance of your software
	application, during execution, use the Intel® Instrumentation and Tracing
	Technology (ITT) and Just-In-Time (JIT) APIs to instrument your code to generate
	trace data and control its collection. You use the ITT/JIT APIs to identify and
	measure specific areas of code to get insights into performance bottlenecks and
	resource utilization.</p>
	<section id="components">
	<h2>Components<a class="headerlink" href="#components" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2>
	<ul class="simple">
	<li><p><strong>ITT API</strong>: Powers your application to generate and control the collection
	of trace data during its execution, seamlessly integrating with Intel tools.</p></li>
	<li><p><strong>JIT API</strong>: Reports detailed information about just-in-time (JIT) compiled
	code, enabling you to profile the performance of dynamically generated code.</p></li>
	</ul>
	</section>
	<section id="architecture">
	<h2>Architecture<a class="headerlink" href="#architecture" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2>
	<p>The ITT/JIT APIs consist of two parts:</p>
	<ul class="simple">
	<li><p><strong>Static Part</strong>: An open-source static library
	(<a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/intel/ittapi">ittapi</a>) that you compile and link
	with your application to enable tracing features.</p></li>
	<li><p><strong>Dynamic Part</strong>: A tool-specific shared library that collects and writes
	trace data. You can find the reference implementation of the dynamic part
	as a <em>Reference Collector</em> <a class="reference external" href="ref_collector.html">here</a>.</p></li>
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