diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index adb0043f..07118a90 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -153,3 +153,6 @@ docs/make.bat
 
 # html files
 *.html
+
+# json files (for perfetto)
+*.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/main_stream_co.py b/main_stream_co.py
index 3cb4518b..23ad9eed 100644
--- a/main_stream_co.py
+++ b/main_stream_co.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from stream.api import optimize_allocation_co
 from stream.utils import CostModelEvaluationLUT
 from stream.visualization.memory_usage import plot_memory_usage
+from stream.visualization.perfetto import convert_scme_to_perfetto_json
 from stream.visualization.schedule import (
     visualize_timeline_plotly,
 )
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@
     layer_stacks=layer_stacks,
     experiment_id=experiment_id,
     output_path="outputs",
-    skip_if_exists=False,
+    skip_if_exists=True,
 )
 
 ############PLOTTING#############
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@
 #########################PLOTTING PATHS##############################
 timeline_fig_path_plotly = f"outputs/{experiment_id}/schedule.html"
 memory_fig_path = f"outputs/{experiment_id}/memory.png"
+json_path = f"outputs/{experiment_id}/scme.json"
 #####################################################################
 
 #####################CostModelEvaluationLUT LOAD#############################
@@ -67,3 +69,6 @@
 )
 # Plotting memory usage of best SCME
 plot_memory_usage(scme, section_start_percent, percent_shown, fig_path=memory_fig_path)
+
+# Save json for perfetto visualization (Visualize at http://ui.perfetto.dev/)
+convert_scme_to_perfetto_json(scme, cost_lut, json_path=json_path)
diff --git a/main_stream_ga.py b/main_stream_ga.py
index 805f3e47..c7a85be7 100644
--- a/main_stream_ga.py
+++ b/main_stream_ga.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from stream.api import optimize_allocation_ga
 from stream.utils import CostModelEvaluationLUT
 from stream.visualization.memory_usage import plot_memory_usage
+from stream.visualization.perfetto import convert_scme_to_perfetto_json
 from stream.visualization.schedule import (
     visualize_timeline_plotly,
 )
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@
 ################################PATHS################################
 timeline_fig_path_plotly = f"outputs/{experiment_id}/schedule.html"
 memory_fig_path = f"outputs/{experiment_id}/memory.png"
+json_path = f"outputs/{experiment_id}/scme.json"
 #####################################################################
 
 scme = optimize_allocation_ga(
@@ -72,3 +74,6 @@
 )
 # Plotting memory usage of best SCME
 plot_memory_usage(scme, section_start_percent, percent_shown, fig_path=memory_fig_path)
+
+# Save json for perfetto visualization (Visualize at http://ui.perfetto.dev/)
+convert_scme_to_perfetto_json(scme, cost_lut, json_path=json_path)
diff --git a/stream/visualization/perfetto.py b/stream/visualization/perfetto.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..751de35b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stream/visualization/perfetto.py
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+import json
+import logging
+
+import numpy as np
+import pandas as pd
+from zigzag.utils import pickle_load
+
+from stream.cost_model.cost_model import StreamCostModelEvaluation
+from stream.utils import CostModelEvaluationLUT
+from stream.visualization.schedule import get_dataframe_from_scme
+
+PROCESS_NAME = "scme"
+UNKNOWN_STRING = "Unknown"
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def parse_non_base_attrs(row: pd.Series, base_attrs: list[str]) -> dict:
+    """
+    Parse attributes that are not in the base_attrs list
+    """
+    args = {}
+    for k, v in row.items():
+        if k in base_attrs:
+            continue
+        if v is None:
+            continue
+        if isinstance(v, float) and np.isnan(v):
+            continue
+        if isinstance(v, list):
+            v = [str(i) for i in v]
+        if isinstance(v, dict):
+            new_v = {}
+            for k2, v2 in v.items():
+                if isinstance(v2, list):
+                    new_v[str(k2)] = [str(i) for i in v2]
+                else:
+                    new_v[str(k2)] = str(v2)
+            v = new_v
+        args[k] = v
+    return args
+
+
+def add_preamble_to_events(df: pd.DataFrame, events: list, process_name: str):
+
+    # Extract and sort unique compute resources
+    compute_resources = sorted(set(row["Resource"] for _, row in df.iterrows() if row["Type"] == "compute"))
+
+    # Extract and sort unique communication channel resources
+    comm_resources = sorted(set(row["Resource"] for _, row in df.iterrows() if row["Type"] in ["transfer", "block"]))
+
+    # Combine resources with compute resources first
+    resources = compute_resources + comm_resources
+
+    # Create metadata events for each resource
+    tids = {}
+    colors = {}
+    for idx, resource in enumerate(resources):
+        color = "blue" if idx < len(compute_resources) else "green"
+        colors[resource] = color
+        tids[resource] = idx
+        metadata_event = {
+            "name": "thread_name",
+            "ph": "M",
+            "pid": process_name,
+            "tid": idx,
+            "args": {"name": resource},
+            "cname": color,
+        }
+        events.append(metadata_event)
+
+    return events, tids, colors
+
+
+def get_task_name(row: pd.Series, unknown_string: str) -> str:
+    task_name = row["Task"]
+    if pd.isna(task_name):
+        return unknown_string
+    if row["Type"] == "compute":
+        return f"{row['Task']} (Id: {row['Id']}, Sub_id: {row['Sub_id']})"
+    if row["Type"] == "transfer":
+        return f"Transfer ({row['Tensors']})"
+    if row["Type"] == "block":
+        return f"Block ({row['Tensors']})"
+    return task_name
+
+
+def convert_scme_to_perfetto_json(
+    scme: "StreamCostModelEvaluation",
+    cost_lut: CostModelEvaluationLUT,
+    json_path: str,
+    layer_ids: list[int] = [],
+    process_name: str = PROCESS_NAME,
+    unknown_string: str = UNKNOWN_STRING,
+) -> str:
+
+    # Get the layer ids from the scme if not provided
+    if not layer_ids:
+        layer_ids = sorted(set(n.id for n in scme.workload.node_list))
+
+    # Define the base attributes that are common to all events
+    base_attrs = ["Start", "End", "Task", "Type", "Resource", "Layer", "Id", "Sub_id"]
+
+    # Get the DataFrame from the SCME
+    df = get_dataframe_from_scme(scme, layer_ids, add_communication=True, cost_lut=cost_lut)
+
+    # Initialize the list to store events
+    events = []
+
+    # Add metadata events for each resource
+    events, tids, colors = add_preamble_to_events(df, events, process_name)
+
+    # Iterate through each row in the DataFrame
+    for _, row in df.iterrows():
+        # Extract relevant data, handling np.nan values
+        start = row["Start"]
+        end = row["End"]
+        if np.isnan(start) or np.isnan(end):
+            raise ValueError(f"Row {row} has NaN start or end time")
+
+        task_name = get_task_name(row, unknown_string)
+        category = row["Type"]
+        pid = process_name
+        tid = tids[row["Resource"]]
+        color = colors[row["Resource"]]
+
+        # Collect remaining attributes that are not NaN or None
+        args = parse_non_base_attrs(row, base_attrs)
+
+        event = {
+            "name": task_name,
+            "cat": category,
+            "ph": "X",
+            "ts": int(start),
+            "dur": int(end - start),
+            "pid": pid,
+            "tid": tid,
+            "cname": color,
+            "args": args,
+        }
+
+        # Append the event to the list
+        events.append(event)
+
+    # Sort the events based on thread names
+    events.sort(key=lambda e: int(e["tid"]))
+
+    # Convert the list of events to a JSON string
+    perfetto_json = json.dumps(events, indent=2)
+
+    with open(json_path, "w") as f:
+        f.write(perfetto_json)
+
+    logger.info(f"Saved Perfetto JSON to {json_path}")
+
+    return perfetto_json
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # Example usage
+    scme = pickle_load("outputs/tpu_like_quad_core-resnet18-fused-genetic_algorithm/scme.pickle")
+    cost_lut = CostModelEvaluationLUT("outputs/tpu_like_quad_core-resnet18-fused-genetic_algorithm/cost_lut.pickle")
+    layer_ids = sorted(set(n.id for n in scme.workload.node_list))
+    json_path = "outputs/tpu_like_quad_core-resnet18-fused-genetic_algorithm/scme.json"
+    perfetto_json = convert_scme_to_perfetto_json(scme, cost_lut, layer_ids, json_path)
+    print(perfetto_json)