SPRUIG5E January   2018  – March 2023 TDA4VM , TDA4VM-Q1

 

  1.   Abstract
  2. 1About This Document
    1. 1.1 Related Documents
    2. 1.2 Trademarks
  3. 2Migrating C Source from C6000 to C7000
    1. 2.1  Compiler Options
    2. 2.2  Native Vector Data Types
    3. 2.3  Type Qualifiers: near and far
    4. 2.4  64-bit long Type
    5. 2.5  References to Control Registers
    6. 2.6  Memory-Mapped Peripherals
    7. 2.7  Run-Time Support
    8. 2.8  Contents of Migration Header File c6x_migration.h
      1. 2.8.1 Supported Macros
      2. 2.8.2 Non-Supported Macros
      3. 2.8.3 Legacy Data Types
      4. 2.8.4 Legacy Intrinsics
    9. 2.9  Galois Field Multiply Instructions
    10. 2.10 Performance Considerations for Migrated Code
      1. 2.10.1 UNROLL Pragma
      2. 2.10.2 Subvector Access
      3. 2.10.3 16x16 and 16x32 Bit Multiplies
      4. 2.10.4 __x128_t Type
      5. 2.10.5 Unsigned Array Offsets
      6. 2.10.6 Streaming Engine and Streaming Address Generator
      7. 2.10.7 Additional Optimization Guidance
  4. 3Host Emulation
  5. 4Revision History
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2.10 Performance Considerations for Migrated Code

On average, code ported from C6000 to C7000 tends to run at about the same speed or better on C7000 devices, on a cycle-for-cycle basis. However, for a given piece of code, there can be large performance increases and decreases, depending on the nature of the code. The C7000 ISA has certain differences from C6000 that can positively and negatively affect performance. These differences depend on how the code is written and how that code can be optimized and vectorized by the compiler.

The subsections that follow explain some of those differences and what to do about them.