Zynq-7000 AP SoC Spectrum Analyzer part 3 - Accelerating Software - Running ARM Library Tests Tech Tip 2014.3

Zynq-7000 AP SoC Spectrum Analyzer part 3 - Accelerating Software - Running ARM Library Tests Tech Tip 2014.3

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Description/Summary



In Tech Tip "Zynq-7000 AP SoC Spectrum Analyzer part 2 - Accelerating Software - Building ARM Neon Library Tech Tip 2014.3" a library of complex signal processing functions was obtained and built. This Tech Tip describes the process to build and execute on the ZC702 the tests that are supplied with the NE10 library and the subsequent results. This will demonstrate the ease with which externally sourced software can be built using Xilinx SDK and run on the ZC702. In addition, multiple methods for accessing and controlling the ZC702 will be shown, demonstrating the flexibility of the ZC702, the simple process of system debug and the speed of system development. A subset of the supplied tests will be used to indicate the level of performance improvement that might be possible using the NEON SIMD extension to the ARM processor in Zynq-7000 AP SoC Processing System (PS).


Implementation

Implementation Details
Design Type
PS Only
SW Type
PetaLinux
CPUs
1 CPU - standard ZC702 frequency
PS Features
ARM Processor and NEON SIMD engine
PL Cores
None
Boards/Tools
ZC702
Xilinx Tools Version
Vivado / SDK 2014.3
Other Details
Standard ZC702 setup for console terminal and Ethernet required; HDMI display with Base TRD


Files Provided
Ne10LibraryBuild2014dt3.zip
Saved workspace file set




Step by Step Instructions



This Tech Tip uses the workspace that resulted from building the Ne10 library in the Tech Tip "Zynq-7000 AP SoC Spectrum Analyzer part 2 - Building ARM NEON Library Tech Tip 2014.3". If that workspace is available, skip the instructions below to start SDK with the workspace already in place at the Workspace in Place heading below.

If the workspace is not available or if there is a question if it was completed properly, the referenced file "PetaLinuxNe10LibraryBuild.zip" can be used to create a known good starting point for this Tech Tip.

Restoring the Workspace


Download the zip file from the Ne10LibraryBuild2014dt3.zip link.

Create an empty directory where you will be implementing this Tech Tip. To be consistent with the balance of these step by step instructions, the directory could be:

G:\Projects\ZC702_Ne10

However, these steps to import a known workspace will work with any new folder of the user's choosing.

Start -> All Programs -> Xilinx Design Tools -> Vivado 2014.3 -> Xilinx SDK 2014.3

In the Workspace Launcher, browse to and select \Projects\ZC702_Ne10 or the empty directory that you have created.




Click OK to continue.

When presented with the Welcome screen, click the x in the Welcome tab to close that screen



SDK will start with a blank Project Explorer pane



We can now import the saved workspace into SDK.

Select File -> Import or Right Click on the white space in the Project Explorer pane and select Import

The Import dialogue box will appear. Expand the General line and select Existing Projects into Workspace



Click Next

Click the Select archive file button. Then click Browse to navigate to the saved workspace that you want to import and click Open. In our case, this is Ne10LibraryBuild2014dt3.zip.



Be sure that both Ne10 and Ne10-master projects are selected.

Click Finish

SDK will build the workspace automatically. Because SDK is already started and the workspace is in place, you can skip the following instructions to start SDK and go directly to SDK running.

Workspace in Place


If you have not yet started SDK, do so by:

Start -> All Programs -> Xilinx Design Tools -> Vivado 2014.3 -> Xilinx SDK 2014.3

In the Workspace Launcher, browse to and select Projects\ZC702_Ne10.



Click OK to continue.

When presented with the Welcome screen, click the x in the Welcome tab to close that screen



SDK Running


With SDK now running with the existing or re-loaded workspace, continue from here.

Because this is an existing built project, you should see something similar to the following. The key is to have the Ne10 project with the directories shown. If these are not present, return to the Zynq-7000 AP SoC Spectrum Analyzer part 2 - Accelerating Software - Building ARM Neon Library Tech Tip 2014.3 and build the library again, or use the instructions above to load the known workspace file set.



With the library in place, we build the standard test program that was supplied as part of the repository. A new project for the test program is created, the appropriate files from the repository are imported and then it is compiled into an executable program.


Select File -> New ->Project; expand the C/C++ group and select C Project.
Shortcut:
Right click on the white space in the Project Explorer pane. Then select New -> C Project.

In the Project name: box, give the project the name Ne10-test. Select the Project type: as Xilinx ARM Linux Executable by clicking on that option in the left column.



Click Next

Verify that both the Debug and Release Configurations: options are checked.



Click Advanced Settings.

We are now going to add the proper paths to library include files.

Expand the C/C++ General line in the left column and select the Paths and Symbols item. Be sure the Configuration: option is set to Release because we want to have the best performance. If desired, these settings can be applied to both debug and release configurations by selecting the All Configurations options as shown.



These steps are referred to as the Adding Paths steps and will be used several times

With the Includes tab selected, click Add in the right column to get the following dialogue box



Check both of the options and then Click Workspace to select the directory to be added



Select Ne10-master -> common and then click OK



Click OK again to add this path to the Includes with the result as shown below



Using these same Adding Paths steps, add the following paths:

- Ne10-master / inc
- Ne10-master / modules / math
- Ne10-master / test / include

When completed you should have the following include directories set.



We now need to add some library paths for tools to find all of the required components.

In the left column of the Properties for Ne10-test, expand C/C++ build options, and select Settings. In the left portion of the right side of the window, under ARM Linux gcc linker, select Libraries.

At the top of the Libraries (-l) area, click on the add icon (looks like a sheet of paper with a plus sign on it).

In the text entry box, type Ne10 and click OK. Then do the same steps for Linux libraries "m" and "rt" resulting in the following



In the Library search path pane, click the add icon (the paper with the plus sign as before) to get a pop up window:

Click Workspace and then select Ne10/Release.



Click OK to return to the Settings window.

NOTE:
These same library paths should be added to the Release configuration also. If the Configuration: option box is not displayed at the top of the Settings window, expand the C/C++ General line and select the Paths and Symbols item. At the top of the window, the Configuration: option box should appear. From the drop down select Release. Then in the left column select the C/C++ Build / Settings item. In the list of Tool Settings, select the Libraries item under the ARM Linux gcc linker.
Using the Add steps used immediately prior for adding to the Debug configuration, add the following Libraries:

- Ne10
- m
- rt

Then add the Library search path (-L) Ne10/Release. You should then have the following:



NOTE:
If the original Configuration: box is set to All Configurations, this will force the Debug and Release build options to be identical. This is a simpler approach that can be changed later if different options are desired for the release build versus the debug build. In general, a release build will invoke a higher degree of compiler optimization for more efficient code while a debug release includes additional hooks to simplify analysis and debug of the code. This causes Release build code to usually operate faster than Debug build code.

Click Apply

Click OK to return to the Select Configurations screen.

Click Finish to complete this portion of the setup.

We now need to import the actual code for the tests. This follows a set of steps similar to the import of the code into the Ne10 library in the Zynq-7000 AP SoC Spectrum Analyzer part 2 - Accelerating Software - Building ARM Neon Library Tech Tip 2014.3

Right click on Ne10-test in the Project Explorer window, and select Import.

In the Select window that pops up, expand General and select File System then click Next.

Browse to the Ne10-master directory that is under "Projects\ZC702_Ne10".

WARNING:
Do NOT use the original file that was unzipped or copied into a higher level directory.

Expand Ne10-master in the left pane and select the modules/dsp/test and test/src directories to import.


CAUTION:
If the original source Ne10-master is selected, subsequent build steps will fail. If that occurs, delete the Ne10-master in the workspace and perform the import again, being sure to point to the Ne10-master in workspace directory



Click Finish to perform the import.

The test software is now ready to be built.

NOTE:
To obtain the best execution performance, the compiler default options must be set to Release.

Right click on Ne10-test in the Project Explorer pane.

Select Build Configurations . Set Active > Release

Right click Ne10-test and select Build Project.

As before, there are a number of warnings. These can be ignored for now.



The test software can now be run on the ZC702.

There are several methods that can be used to run the test software on the ZC702. Among them are:

- Use the Remote System Explorer capability in SDK

- Copy the binary file to the SD card containing the TRD Linux system and execute from a remote terminal or from the local console

Since there are two tests that will be run, we will demonstrate each of the methods.

Running from Remote System Explorer


We will access the ZC702 over an Ethernet connection from the PC where SDK is running.

CAUTION!!

The default IP address of the ZC702 is different for PetaLinux than for the OSL Linux used in prior versions of this series of Tech Tips. The default IP address is now 192.168.0.10 so be sure your computer can reach that sub-net.

Connect your ZC702 to your computer or network with an Ethernet cable.

If you are unable to directly reach the .0 subnet from your computer, it is possible to change the IP address of the ZC702 after PetaLinux has booted. To make this change, do the following:
- Connect the console serial over USB port to your PC with the supplied mini-usb adapter and appropriate cable
- Start TeraTerm or similar terminal emulator
- Boot the ZC702 as described below
- Once PetaLinux has booted, log in using the username root and password root
- Use the ifconfig command to change the IP address using - "ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.65" where the IP address is one that you can reach from your PC

The ZC702 must be set to boot from the SD-MMC card that has been updated with the 2014.2 TRD as described in the TRD Technical Article Zynq Base TRD 2014.2. As a caution before proceeding, be sure that the ZC702 will properly run the 2014.2 TRD.

Set the boot select switches as shown below, then power on your ZC702.



With the ZC702 running, we will set up a Remote System Explorer connection to the ZC702 board to allow us to download and run our program. Right click in the Project Explorer window, select New -> Other. In the pop up window, expand Remote System Explorer, highlight Connection.

NOTE:

The balance of these instructions assume that the IP address of the ZC702 has been changed to 192.168.1.65. If you have set the IP address differently, use that IP address.

With the ZC702 running, we will set up a Remote System Explorer connection to the ZC702 board to allow us to download and run our program. Right click in the Project Explorer window, select New -> Other. In the pop up window, expand Remote System Explorer, highlight Connection.



Click Next

In the next window, select SSH Only, and click Next



Use the IP address of the ZC702 (192.168.1.65) as the Host name and Connection name. Fill in the description field if you wish - it is not required.



Click Finish.

NOTE:
Although the connection has been established, there is nothing showing. To view the connection, a new perspective must be started, replacing the current perspective. To do this,

Click Window -> Open Perspective -> Other



Then select Remote System Explorer and click OK.
The Remote System Explorer connection will be displayed.



Close this perspective by clicking

Window -> Close Perspective (As an alternative, click on the C/C++ tab in the upper right corner of the overall window. This returns to the build perspective with the RSE perspective still available.)

With the connection established and the standard Project Explorer perspective displayed, we can now download and run the test program directly to the ZC702.

In the Project Explorer, right click on Ne10-test, then select Run As -> Run Configurations.

A new window will open to create, manage and run configurations.



Create a new Remote ARM Linux Application by double clicking on "Remote ARM Linux Application" in the left column. (This can also be done by following the instructions in the main window for using the "New" button.)

Select the IP address of the ZC702 in the pull down Connection menu.



NOTE:

If SDK has been used for other Tech Tips or development work, there may be items listed under "Remote ARM Linux Application" in the left panel of the RSE screen above. These can be ignored. For example, in the screen above the item "fft-zynq Release" is from work on another Tech Tip.

Then click on the Browse button next to the Remote Absolute File Path for C/C++ Application field .

Expand the Root directory. Under the root directory select the tmp directory. If prompted for the User ID and Password, use root for both.





Click OK

Append /Ne10-test.elf to /tmp in the Remote Absolute File Path for C/C++ Applications field.



Click Apply, then click Run.

The test software will be downloaded to the ZC702 and then run. The results will show in the SDK Console window.



NOTE:
Once the Run Configuration has been set up, SDK will remember this configuration, simplifying subsequent tests in the same environment.

This first test is a regression test that checks the code in the library for correct results so any mistakes that are made in optimizations, etc. will be caught. It is using the open source SEATEST project that implements an xUnit style of Test Driven Development.
The SEATEST project is hosted at https://code.google.com/p/seatest/
Additional information about xUnit testing can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XUnit

At the conclusion of this test with all of the runs passing, we can conclude that the desired fft portion of the library has been properly built and is operating as designed.

Performance Test


The second test that we will run is a performance comparison between running these same complex functions on the ARM processor itself and then running with optimizations to use the NEON SIMD engine. This test is included in the Ne10 library and is selectively compiled based on the presence or absence of a special symbol. To run the performance test we need to define the PERFORMANCE_TEST symbol.

Right click on Ne10-test and select Properties.

Expand the C/C++ General line in the left column and then select the Paths and Symbols entry.

Select the #Symbols tab by clicking on it.



Click the Add button on the right side and enter PERFORMANCE_TEST as the symbol name. There is no value required so leave that entry blank.



Click the Add to all configurations check box then Click OK.

The Add Symbol window closes revealing the Paths and Symbols window. If you scroll to the end of the list, you will see the PERFORMANCE_TEST symbol.



Click Apply

If an information box relating to changes in the paths or symbols appears, click Yes to accept it.

Click OK.

With the symbol in place, the test software must be rebuilt.

Right click on Ne10-test in the Project Explorer and select Build Project. As before, there will be several warnings that we can ignore for now.

The revised test program can now be run. We can use the same process just described to run it with the SDK Remote System Explorer. As noted earlier, the setup steps do not need to be performed again. Simply right click Ne10-test in the Project Explorer, select Run As -> Run Configurations. Then select the previously created Ne10-test configuration, and click Run.

The results will be displayed in the Console window of SDK as shown below.



We can see a generally consistent improvement in performance with NEON versus the general purpose ARM processor alone. Performance improvements vary for each execution run based on the other operations within Linux at the time the tests are run.

NOTE:

With the test performed in this manner, the base TRD is still operating.

An alternative method is to add the test program to the SD-MMC card that contains the base TRD, and then execute it from the console on the ZC702.

CAUTION!

In the OSL based version of these Tech Tips, files that are added to the root of the SD-MMC card are copied to the /mnt directory when the TRD boots up. For the PetaLinux based 2014.2 TRD, they are not automatically copied from the SD card. The copy process must be done manually as described in the following instructions.

In SDK, expand the line Ne10-test in Project Explorer, then expand the Binaries sub-directory. You should have a file Ne10-test.elf as the only item in the Binaries sub-directory.



Power off the ZC702 and remove the SD-MMC card from the ZC702 and insert it into an appropriate media reader on your computer.

Using standard Windows Explorer, navigate to the SD-MMC card to show its contents. The default should be the following showing the root of the SD-MMC card image.



Use standard Windows copy / paste methods to copy the Ne10-test.elf file to the root of the SD-MMC card. In the SDK window, right click on the Ne10-test.elf file and select Copy. Then in the Windows Explorer window for the SD-MMC card, right click and select Paste.

Eject the SD-MMC card from your computer, re-insert it in the ZC702 and power on the ZC702.

After the ZC702 boots up, use the instructions in UG926_Z7_ZC702_Eval_Kit to establish a terminal connection to the ZC702. Log in using the username root and the password root.

Exit out of the QT window system if the terminal window does not respond to commands.

Change to the /media directory and verify that Ne10-test.elf is there (cd //media then use ls to see the files on the SD card).



Attempting to execute Ne10-test from here will fail because the standard execution path does not include the /mnt directory. There are at least three ways to resolve this:

- change the path variable to include the /mnt directory
- from the /mnt directory, type ./Ne10-test.elf and the program will execute in place
- copy the Ne10-test.elf to the /bin directory which is in the execution path by default.

We used the latter of these two; at the prompt type

cp Ne10-test.elf /bin

Then change to the /bin directory to verify that it is there using ls to list the files (if you are unfamiliar with Linux, the commands to enter can be seen on the next screen).



We can now execute the test from the terminal window.


Performance Results


Type Ne10-test.elf and then Return. The tests should run and provide the following results in the terminal window. There will be some variability in the reported numbers.



--------------- ../modules/dsp/test_suite_fft_float32.c --------------



--------------- test_fft_c2c_1d_float32_performance start






FFT Length
C Time in ms
NEON Time in ms
Time Savings
Performance Ratio
FFT
size
4








4
374815
218158
41.80%
1.72:1



4
507480
316038
37.72%
1.61:1
FFT
size
8








8
309311
218107
29.49%
1.42:1



8
451916
287729
36.33%
1.57:1
FFT
size
16








16
424538
288772
31.98%
1.47:1



16
469142
332249
29.18%
1.41:1
FFT
size
32








32
433718
290071
33.12%
1.50:1



32
465857
342670
26.44%
1.36:1
FFT
size
64








64
593465
370792
37.52%
1.60:1



64
626945
407847
34.95%
1.54:1
FFT
size
128








128
623664
382343
38.69%
1.63:1



128
651775
411053
36.93%
1.59:1
FFT
size
256








256
793286
474970
40.13%
1.67:1



256
818263
499879
38.91%
1.64:1
FFT
size
512








512
824819
496454
39.81%
1.66:1



512
851909
518939
39.09%
1.64:1
FFT
size
102
4







1024
1006749
674242
33.03%
1.49:1



1024
1031796
695949
32.55%
1.48:1
FFT
size
204
8







2048
1269389
814429
35.84%
1.56:1



2048
1295756
835657
35.51%
1.55:1
FFT
size
409
6







4096
1624212
967713
40.42%
1.68:1



4096
1644871
990883
39.76%
1.66:1
FFT
size
819
2







8192
1792991
1061726
40.78%
1.69:1



8192
1828000
1081759
40.82%
1.69:1
FFT
size
163
84







16384
2034080
1264879
37.82%
1.61:1



16384
2053804
1295538
36.92%
1.59:1
FFT
size
327
68







32768
2314123
1523282
34.17%
1.52:1



32768
2361641
1535453
34.98%
1.54:1




1 run 0 failed












--------------- ../modules/dsp/test_suite_fft_float32.c --------------



--------------- test_fft_r2c_1d_float32_performance start






FFT Length
C Time in ms
NEON Time in ms
Time Savings
Performance Ratio
FFT
size
8








8
357331
347361
2.79%
1.03:1



8
448752
370542
17.43%
1.21:1
FFT
size
16








16
308953
285220
7.68%
1.08:1



16
386598
299896
22.43%
1.29:1
FFT
size
32








32
358051
268064
25.13%
1.34:1



32
379834
275302
27.52%
1.38:1
FFT
size
64








64
359404
252432
29.76%
1.42:1



64
375510
271093
27.81%
1.39:1
FFT
size
128








128
438858
284657
35.14%
1.54:1



128
450071
298862
33.60%
1.51:1
FFT
size
256








256
452266
285775
36.81%
1.58:1



256
463162
298280
35.60%
1.55:1
FFT
size
512








512
536469
329983
38.49%
1.63:1



512
543747
341439
37.21%
1.59:1
FFT
size
102
4







1024
552250
340107
38.41%
1.62:1



1024
562154
351730
37.43%
1.60:1
FFT
size
204
8







2048
681046
444149
34.78%
1.53:1



2048
703665
458512
34.84%
1.53:1
FFT
size
409
6







4096
811137
531672
34.45%
1.53:1



4096
824888
548320
33.53%
1.50:1
FFT
size
819
2







8192
1012151
687145
32.11%
1.47:1



8192
1015547
672147
33.81%
1.51:1
FFT
size
163
84







16384
1090721
712975
34.63%
1.53:1



16384
1144431
721839
36.93%
1.59:1
FFT
size
327
68







32768
1203119
918508
23.66%
1.31:1



32768
1293110
906816
29.87%
1.43:1




1 run 0 failed












--------------- ../modules/dsp/test_suite_fft_int32.c --------------



--------------- test_fft_c2c_1d_int32_performance start






FFT Length
C Time in ms
NEON Time in ms
Time Savings
Performance Ratio
FFT
size
4








4
8810
6340
28.04%
1.39:1



4
8673
6446
25.68%
1.35:1



4
9941
6754
32.06%
1.47:1



4
10067
6640
34.04%
1.52:1
FFT
size
8








8
10402
6596
36.59%
1.58:1



8
10256
6894
32.78%
1.49:1



8
13987
6894
50.71%
2.03:1



8
13988
7393
47.15%
1.89:1
FFT
size
16








16
18187
6158
66.14%
2.95:1



16
18092
6052
66.55%
2.99:1



16
21839
6261
71.33%
3.49:1



16
21987
6641
69.80%
3.31:1
FFT
size
32








32
21405
7428
65.30%
2.88:1



32
20880
7380
64.66%
2.83:1



32
26998
7585
71.91%
3.56:1



32
26918
7615
71.71%
3.53:1
FFT
size
64








64
29977
9694
67.66%
3.09:1



64
29390
9695
67.01%
3.03:1



64
35435
9788
72.38%
3.62:1



64
35104
9788
72.12%
3.59:1
FFT
size
128








128
33375
9732
70.84%
3.43:1



128
32389
9719
69.99%
3.33:1



128
41128
10004
75.68%
4.11:1



128
40395
10000
75.24%
4.04:1
FFT
size
256








256
42147
12418
70.54%
3.39:1



256
41100
12419
69.78%
3.31:1



256
49761
12596
74.69%
3.95:1



256
49048
12605
74.30%
3.89:1
FFT
size
512








512
45850
12968
71.72%
3.54:1



512
44530
12775
71.31%
3.49:1



512
55758
13254
76.23%
4.21:1



512
54445
13089
75.96%
4.16:1
FFT
size
102
4







1024
56278
17334
69.20%
3.25:1



1024
55068
16803
69.49%
3.28:1



1024
66119
17555
73.45%
3.77:1



1024
64835
16961
73.84%
3.82:1
FFT
size
204
8







2048
62570
20026
67.99%
3.12:1



2048
61224
20520
66.48%
2.98:1



2048
76321
20408
73.26%
3.74:1



2048
74265
20868
71.90%
3.56:1
FFT
size
409
6







4096
74336
24348
67.25%
3.05:1



4096
71119
25278
64.46%
2.81:1



4096
84950
24601
71.04%
3.45:1



4096
82875
25401
69.35%
3.26:1
FFT
size
819
2







8192
78762
26678
66.13%
2.95:1



8192
75575
27590
63.49%
2.74:1



8192
94085
27034
71.27%
3.48:1



8192
91373
27784
69.59%
3.29:1
FFT
size
163
84







16384
89690
36522
59.28%
2.46:1



16384
87455
33728
61.43%
2.59:1



16384
102730
32248
68.61%
3.19:1



16384
99394
33614
66.18%
2.96:1
FFT
size
327
68







32768
94097
38009
59.61%
2.48:1



32768
89076
38737
56.51%
2.30:1



32768
109723
38337
65.06%
2.86:1



32768
106292
38340
63.93%
2.77:1




1 run 0 failed












--------------- ../modules/dsp/test_suite_fft_int32.c --------------



--------------- test_fft_r2c_1d_int32_performance start






FFT Length
C Time in ms
NEON Time in ms
Time Savings
Performance Ratio
FFT
size
8








8
9168
9796
-6.85%
0.94:1



8
8966
8989
-0.26%
1.00:1



8
10350
10769
-4.05%
0.96:1



8
9993
9831
1.62%
1.02:1
FFT
size
16








16
9343
6808
27.13%
1.37:1



16
8708
6472
25.68%
1.35:1



16
11685
7087
39.35%
1.65:1



16
10981
6971
36.52%
1.58:1
FFT
size
32








32
12875
5658
56.05%
2.28:1



32
12296
5376
56.28%
2.29:1



32
15213
6020
60.43%
2.53:1



32
14374
5881
59.09%
2.44:1
FFT
size
64








64
14287
5895
58.74%
2.42:1



64
13372
5737
57.10%
2.33:1



64
17626
6104
65.37%
2.89:1



64
16717
6032
63.92%
2.77:1
FFT
size
128








128
18511
6857
62.96%
2.70:1



128
17416
6691
61.58%
2.60:1



128
21804
6977
68.00%
3.13:1



128
20612
6968
66.19%
2.96:1
FFT
size
256








256
20110
6763
66.37%
2.97:1



256
18815
6614
64.85%
2.84:1



256
24587
6941
71.77%
3.54:1



256
23248
6948
70.11%
3.35:1
FFT
size
512








512
24475
8061
67.06%
3.04:1



512
23113
7954
65.59%
2.91:1



512
28890
8172
71.71%
3.54:1



512
27329
8222
69.91%
3.32:1
FFT
size
102
4







1024
26285
8274
68.52%
3.18:1



1024
24682
8148
66.99%
3.03:1



1024
31795
8475
73.34%
3.75:1



1024
30041
8505
71.69%
3.53:1
FFT
size
204
8







2048
32680
10707
67.24%
3.05:1



2048
30768
11154
63.75%
2.76:1



2048
38185
10790
71.74%
3.54:1



2048
36080
11746
67.44%
3.07:1
FFT
size
409
6







4096
36049
13087
63.70%
2.75:1



4096
34017
12931
61.99%
2.63:1



4096
42809
13172
69.23%
3.25:1



4096
40918
13229
67.67%
3.09:1
FFT
size
819
2







8192
40608
16293
59.88%
2.49:1



8192
38895
15635
59.80%
2.49:1



8192
46931
16145
65.60%
2.91:1



8192
45172
15774
65.08%
2.86:1
FFT
size
163
84







16384
44386
18068
59.29%
2.46:1



16384
42292
16976
59.86%
2.49:1



16384
52148
17515
66.41%
2.98:1



16384
51038
17278
66.15%
2.95:1
FFT
size
327
68







32768
46800
22048
52.89%
2.12:1



32768
44940
20038
55.41%
2.24:1



32768
52349
21121
59.65%
2.48:1



32768
54219
21326
60.67%
2.54:1




1 run 0 failed












--------------- ../modules/dsp/test_suite_fft_int16.c --------------



--------------- test_fft_c2c_1d_int16_performance start






FFT Length
C Time in ms
NEON Time in ms
Time Savings
Performance Ratio
FFT
size
4








4
9924
4244
57.23%
2.34:1



4
9604
4214
56.12%
2.28:1



4
11849
4362
63.19%
2.72:1



4
11784
4221
64.18%
2.79:1
FFT
size
8








8
11172
6736
39.71%
1.66:1



8
10866
7108
34.58%
1.53:1



8
15382
7253
52.85%
2.12:1



8
15153
7121
53.01%
2.13:1
FFT
size
16








16
15068
5137
65.91%
2.93:1



16
14481
5136
64.53%
2.82:1



16
20011
5190
74.06%
3.86:1



16
19440
5160
73.46%
3.77:1
FFT
size
32








32
17928
3929
78.08%
4.56:1



32
17346
4057
76.61%
4.28:1



32
24814
4175
83.17%
5.94:1



32
24570
4046
83.53%
6.07:1
FFT
size
64








64
23008
4954
78.47%
4.64:1



64
23367
4984
78.67%
4.69:1



64
30405
5001
83.55%
6.08:1



64
30466
5030
83.49%
6.06:1
FFT
size
128








128
26085
4699
81.99%
5.55:1



128
26661
4699
82.38%
5.67:1



128
35684
4840
86.44%
7.37:1



128
36113
4840
86.60%
7.46:1
FFT
size
256








256
31287
5992
80.85%
5.22:1



256
32847
6006
81.72%
5.47:1



256
41402
6135
85.18%
6.75:1



256
42083
6077
85.56%
6.92:1
FFT
size
512








512
34490
6001
82.60%
5.75:1



512
36257
6001
83.45%
6.04:1



512
46891
6129
86.93%
7.65:1



512
47936
6182
87.10%
7.75:1
FFT
size
102
4







1024
39762
7310
81.62%
5.44:1



1024
42607
7300
82.87%
5.84:1



1024
52675
7394
85.96%
7.12:1



1024
54046
7428
86.26%
7.28:1
FFT
size
204
8







2048
43917
8772
80.03%
5.01:1



2048
46858
8778
81.27%
5.34:1



2048
59075
8921
84.90%
6.62:1



2048
60890
8961
85.28%
6.80:1
FFT
size
409
6







4096
51233
11634
77.29%
4.40:1



4096
54713
11616
78.77%
4.71:1



4096
67073
11772
82.45%
5.70:1



4096
69376
12027
82.66%
5.77:1




1 run 0 failed












--------------- ../modules/dsp/test_suite_fft_int16.c --------------



--------------- test_fft_r2c_1d_int16_performance start






FFT Length
C Time in ms
NEON Time in ms
Time Savings
Performance Ratio
FFT
size
8








8
9423
8474
10.07%
1.11:1



8
9882
7925
19.80%
1.25:1



8
10916
9456
13.37%
1.15:1



8
11895
8704
26.83%
1.37:1
FFT
size
16








16
9367
7984
14.76%
1.17:1



16
9458
7654
19.07%
1.24:1



16
12271
9037
26.35%
1.36:1



16
12323
8768
28.85%
1.41:1
FFT
size
32








32
11007
4323
60.72%
2.55:1



32
10818
4105
62.05%
2.64:1



32
13963
4455
68.09%
3.13:1



32
13846
4199
69.67%
3.30:1
FFT
size
64








64
12271
3308
73.04%
3.71:1



64
11939
3168
73.47%
3.77:1



64
16190
3414
78.91%
4.74:1



64
16137
3273
79.72%
4.93:1
FFT
size
128








128
14604
3576
75.51%
4.08:1



128
14784
3552
75.97%
4.16:1



128
18908
3648
80.71%
5.18:1



128
18903
3574
81.09%
5.29:1
FFT
size
256








256
16110
3304
79.49%
4.88:1



256
16344
3309
79.75%
4.94:1



256
21490
3473
83.84%
6.19:1



256
21598
3400
84.26%
6.35:1
FFT
size
512








512
18666
3885
79.19%
4.80:1



512
19403
3942
79.68%
4.92:1



512
24337
4018
83.49%
6.06:1



512
24600
3976
83.84%
6.19:1
FFT
size
102
4







1024
20306
3862
80.98%
5.26:1



1024
21109
3892
81.56%
5.42:1



1024
27050
4032
85.09%
6.71:1



1024
27416
4016
85.35%
6.83:1
FFT
size
204
8







2048
22886
5100
77.72%
4.49:1



2048
24204
5029
79.22%
4.81:1



2048
29946
5166
82.75%
5.80:1



2048
30542
5094
83.32%
6.00:1
FFT
size
409
6







4096
25432
6151
75.81%
4.13:1



4096
26850
5815
78.34%
4.62:1



4096
33654
6241
81.46%
5.39:1



4096
34532
5912
82.88%
5.84:1




1 run 0 failed












--------------- ../modules/dsp/test_suite_fir.c --------------




--------------- test_fir_case0 start






FIR Length & Taps
C Time in ms
NEON Time in ms
Time Savings
Performance Ratio



32
140854
158297
-12.38%
0.89:1



3
33112
38157
-15.24%
0.87:1



7
50449
53317
-5.68%
0.95:1


--------------- test_fir_case0 end







1 run 0 failed












--------------- ../modules/dsp/test_suite_fir_decimate.c --------------



--------------- test_fir_decimate_case0 start





FIR Length & Taps
C Time in ms
NEON Time in ms
Time Savings
Performance Ratio



7
62156
32587
47.57%
1.91:1



32
113114
51201
54.74%
2.21:1



32
118319
56485
52.26%
2.09:1


--------------- test_fir_decimate_case0 end







1 run 0 failed












--------------- ../modules/dsp/test_suite_fir_interpolate.c --------------



--------------- test_fir_interpolate_case0 start





FIR Length & Taps
C Time in ms
NEON Time in ms
Time Savings
Performance Ratio



27
146360
106583
27.18%
1.37:1



32
165548
102895
37.85%
1.61:1



27
139860
101679
27.30%
1.38:1



32
159137
98569
38.06%
1.61:1


--------------- test_fir_interpolate_case0 end







1 run 0 failed












--------------- ../modules/dsp/test_suite_fir_lattice.c --------------



--------------- test_fir_lattice_case0 start





FIR Length & Taps
C Time in ms
NEON Time in ms
Time Savings
Performance Ratio



3
53917
83337
-54.57%
0.65:1



1
26551
17314
34.79%
1.53:1



3
52283
82193
-57.21%
0.64:1



1
24812
16242
34.54%
1.53:1


--------------- test_fir_lattice_case0 end







1 run 0 failed












--------------- ../modules/dsp/test_suite_fir_sparse.c --------------



--------------- test_fir_sparse_case0 start





FIR Length & Taps
C Time in ms
NEON Time in ms
Time Savings
Performance Ratio



5
277042
269762
2.63%
1.03:1



5
194386
91738
52.81%
2.12:1



5
248446
197104
20.67%
1.26:1


--------------- test_fir_sparse_case0 end







1 run 0 failed












--------------- ../modules/dsp/test_suite_iir.c --------------




--------------- test_iir_lattice_case0 start





IIR Length & Taps
C Time in ms
NEON Time in ms
Time Savings
Performance Ratio



9
545541
630834
-15.63%
0.86:1



9
461288
552453
-19.76%
0.83:1



33
1533778
1349427
12.02%
1.14:1


--------------- test_iir_lattice_case0 end







1 run 0 failed






























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The default terminal window may not be wide enough to show each line without automatically wrapping to the next line. To solve this, the terminal window should be set to size automatically to the window size.

On the TeraTerm window, Click Setup -> Terminal and then click the box Term size = win size.



Click OK.

You can now drag the corner of the terminal window to make it any size desired. If the window size is changed, all of the current text is erased. Simply hit Return to get a command prompt and continue. Any Ne10-test run will need to be executed again so make sure the window size is larger enough to capture full lines.

Expected Results


The performance test runs each of the listed filters 1024 of times, first on the ARM processor alone and then the same number of times with the NEON SIMD engine enabled. For each of these runs, the time to execute the actual calculations (any system overhead is subtracted out before showing the results) is shown in the "C Time" and "NEON Time" column respectively. The Time Savings and Performance Ratio are calculated from these measured times.

With an average performance improvement of approximately 1.7, this clearly indicates that using the NEON in compute intensive applications is well worth the effort to optimize for it. Having the NEON SIMD engine included in the Zynq-7000 AP SOC enables the development of high performance SOC systems.

Saving the workspace


For ease of completing subsequent Tech Tips that use this completed build, it is wise to save the workspace so it can be restored later as a known starting point. Because only the /sw portion of the base TRD was modified, only that portion needs to be saved. If you choose to do this,

Select File -> Export or right click in the Project Explorer pane white space and select Export.

In the Export dialogue box, expand General and select Archive file.



Click Next

The Export Archive dialogue will appear.

Click the Browse button and navigate to where you want to save the workspace and then create an appropriate file in which to save the workspace. In our case we are saving this as Ne10TestBuild2014dt3.zip.

Be sure the "Save in zip format" is selected unless you are on a Linux system in which case you might select the tar format.

Click Select All to export all of the items in the workspace



Then click Finish

The workspace will be saved in the specified archive file for later use.

Conclusions:


Inclusion of the SIMD engine in the PS of the Zynq-7000 AP SoC provides a simple means of achieving faster execution of compute intensive tasks. As this is a standard extension for the ARM family of processors, software from the vast ecosystem of the ARM community can be readily used, accelerating time to system development and time to market.

Multiple means of accessing and controlling the ZC702 enable users to choose the best method for their specific development environment. This flexibility accelerates debug and enables more rapid system development and deployment.

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