aiCall for PowerPC — Software Visualization

aiCall for PowerPC automatically calculates a customizable layout of the call graph and the control flow graph of your application code. This layout is then displayed and can be interactively explored and printed.

Part of a call graph with stack usage annotations	Control flow subgraphs with stack usage annotations

Features

• Easy handling of complex software projects
• Fast layout calculation for huge graphs
• Award-winning layout readability
• Integrated powerful graph browser aiSee
• Comprehensive visualization of different hierarchy levels:
• Functions
• Basic blocks
• Assembly instructions
• Source code comments
• Printing of graphs on multiple pages, various graphics formats supported
• Customizable graph colors
• Stack usage analysis

Why do you need aiCall for PowerPC?

When working with program code, visualization improves understanding considerably. aiCall for PowerPC helps you to easily understand, document, maintain, optimize and reengineer complex software projects:

• A picture is worth a thousand words: aiCall for PowerPC provides a new view of your software which is far superior to standard textual representation
• aiCall for PowerPC's printing facilities introduce a new dimension in program documentation
• aiCall for PowerPC enhances productivity as you are able to understand complex program code faster

An optional stack usage analysis module determines stack usage of the tasks in your application. Stack overflow is now a thing of the past:

• aiCall for PowerPC provides automatic tool support to calculate the stack usage of your application
• aiCall for PowerPC not only reduces development effort but also helps to prevent runtime errors due to stack overflow
• The stack analysis results provide valuable feedback in optimizing the stack usage of your application

Requirements

aiCall for PowerPC reads PowerPC executables in .elf format as produced by the DiabData C compiler. It runs under Windows 9x/2000/NT, Linux, and Solaris.