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11 years ago

Cyclone V SoC - Time execution function - Cycle count

Hi everybody, I'm new on SoC architecture and I need to measure cycle count about some function using NEON instruction. My goal is to measure optmization code compared to an other architec...
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11 years ago

I use simplest method: run my code 1000*1000(*1000...) times and see moments between writing "beg"/"end" to program console.

Precision is sufficient to make conclusion: NEON is very weak relative TI DSPs.