6. Advanced Code Optimization Techniques

This chapter discusses advanced code optimization techniques that may be needed to obtain maximum performance from a given section of code.

Contents:

• 6.1. Streaming Engine
• 6.2. Streaming Address Generator
• 6.3. Identifying Software Pipelining Failures and Performance Issues
  • 6.3.1. Issues that Prevent a Loop from Being Software Pipelined
  • 6.3.2. Software Pipeline Failure Messages
  • 6.3.3. Software Pipelining Performance Issues
• 6.4. If-Conversion Improvement