diff --git a/include/ck_tile/core/arch/arch.hpp b/include/ck_tile/core/arch/arch.hpp
index 888f0e728f..4a69f67ae3 100644
--- a/include/ck_tile/core/arch/arch.hpp
+++ b/include/ck_tile/core/arch/arch.hpp
@@ -61,10 +61,13 @@ CK_TILE_DEVICE index_t get_block_id() { return blockIdx.x; }
 CK_TILE_DEVICE void block_sync_lds()
 {
 #if CK_TILE_EXPERIMENTAL_BLOCK_SYNC_LDS_WITHOUT_SYNC_VMEM
-    asm volatile("\
-    s_waitcnt lgkmcnt(0) \n \
-    s_barrier \
-    " ::);
+    // asm volatile("\
+    // s_waitcnt lgkmcnt(0) \n \
+    // s_barrier \
+    // " ::);
+
+    __builtin_amdgcn_s_waitcnt(0xc07f);
+    __builtin_amdgcn_s_barrier();
 #else
     __syncthreads();
 #endif
diff --git a/include/ck_tile/core/config.hpp b/include/ck_tile/core/config.hpp
index 10045d8f7d..344343d931 100644
--- a/include/ck_tile/core/config.hpp
+++ b/include/ck_tile/core/config.hpp
@@ -167,6 +167,10 @@
 #define CK_TILE_USE_SUBDWORD_TILE_CAST 0
 #endif
 
+#ifndef CK_TILE_USE_PK_FP16_TILE_CAST
+#define CK_TILE_USE_PK_FP16_TILE_CAST 0
+#endif
+
 // TODO: better solve this inside compiler
 #ifndef CK_TILE_FMHA_FWD_FAST_EXP2
 #define CK_TILE_FMHA_FWD_FAST_EXP2 0
diff --git a/include/ck_tile/core/tensor/tile_elementwise.hpp b/include/ck_tile/core/tensor/tile_elementwise.hpp
index 48762b7225..5fecd19dcd 100644
--- a/include/ck_tile/core/tensor/tile_elementwise.hpp
+++ b/include/ck_tile/core/tensor/tile_elementwise.hpp
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ CK_TILE_DEVICE void clear_tile(DstrTensors& dstr_tensor)
 namespace impl {
 // TODO: this is ugly
 template <typename OutDataType, typename InTensor>
-CK_TILE_DEVICE auto cast_tile_pk_fp8x4(const InTensor& in_dstr_tensors)
+CK_TILE_DEVICE auto cast_tile_pk_fp8_fp32(const InTensor& in_dstr_tensors)
 {
 #if defined(__gfx94__)
     // This API is designed to use the _pk_ serious of function
@@ -156,6 +156,37 @@ CK_TILE_DEVICE auto cast_tile_pk_fp8x4(const InTensor& in_dstr_tensors)
 #endif
 }
 
+template <typename OutDataType, typename InTensor>
+CK_TILE_DEVICE auto cast_tile_pk_fp16_fp32(const InTensor& in_dstr_tensors)
+{
+#if defined(__gfx908__) || defined(__gfx90a__) || defined(__gfx94__)
+    // This API is designed to use the _pk_ serious of function
+    constexpr auto in_tile_dstr = InTensor::get_tile_distribution();
+
+    constexpr index_t thread_buffer_size = InTensor::get_thread_buffer_size();
+    static_assert(thread_buffer_size % 2 == 0);
+    constexpr index_t thread_buffer_size_pk = thread_buffer_size / 2;
+
+    auto out_dstr_tensor = make_static_distributed_tensor<OutDataType>(in_tile_dstr);
+
+    // TODO: this is rtz cvt, need be very careful
+    for(index_t i = 0; i < thread_buffer_size_pk; i++)
+    {
+        auto o = __builtin_amdgcn_cvt_pkrtz(in_dstr_tensors.get_thread_buffer()[2 * i + 0],
+                                            in_dstr_tensors.get_thread_buffer()[2 * i + 1]);
+
+        out_dstr_tensor.get_thread_buffer().at(2 * i + 0) = o.x;
+        out_dstr_tensor.get_thread_buffer().at(2 * i + 1) = o.y;
+    }
+
+    return out_dstr_tensor;
+#else
+    // fallback
+    return tile_elementwise_in(type_convert<OutDataType, typename InTensor::DataType>,
+                               in_dstr_tensors);
+#endif
+}
+
 #if CK_TILE_USE_SUBDWORD_TILE_CAST
 // this function assume either src or dst (or both) date type is under 1 dword
 // we pack subdword value into 1 dword to avoid compiler's default subdword behavior(which is buggy)
@@ -229,8 +260,16 @@ CK_TILE_DEVICE auto cast_tile(const SrcTensor& src_tensor)
                                                                   float> &&
                  (SrcTensor::get_thread_buffer_size() % 4 == 0))
     {
-        return impl::cast_tile_pk_fp8x4<DstType, SrcTensor>(src_tensor);
+        return impl::cast_tile_pk_fp8_fp32<DstType, SrcTensor>(src_tensor);
     }
+#if CK_TILE_USE_PK_FP16_TILE_CAST
+    else if constexpr(std::is_same_v<DstType, fp16_t> &&
+                      std::is_same_v<typename SrcTensor::DataType, float> &&
+                      (SrcTensor::get_thread_buffer_size() % 2 == 0))
+    {
+        return impl::cast_tile_pk_fp16_fp32<DstType, SrcTensor>(src_tensor);
+    }
+#endif
 #if CK_TILE_USE_SUBDWORD_TILE_CAST
     else if constexpr(sizeof(DstType) < 4 || sizeof(typename SrcTensor::DataType) < 4)
     {
diff --git a/include/ck_tile/ops/fmha/pipeline/block_fmha_pipeline_qr_ks_vs_async.hpp b/include/ck_tile/ops/fmha/pipeline/block_fmha_pipeline_qr_ks_vs_async.hpp
index 9939a474b2..21784fc2d2 100644
--- a/include/ck_tile/ops/fmha/pipeline/block_fmha_pipeline_qr_ks_vs_async.hpp
+++ b/include/ck_tile/ops/fmha/pipeline/block_fmha_pipeline_qr_ks_vs_async.hpp
@@ -578,8 +578,14 @@ struct BlockFmhaPipelineQRKSVSAsync
                     randval_dram_window);
             }
 
-            const auto p =
-                cast_tile<PDataType>(tile_elementwise_in(p_compute_element_func, p_compute));
+            const auto p = [&]() {
+                if constexpr(std::is_same_v<PDataType, fp16_t>)
+                    return impl::cast_tile_pk_fp16_fp32<PDataType>(
+                        tile_elementwise_in(p_compute_element_func, p_compute));
+                else
+                    return cast_tile<PDataType>(
+                        tile_elementwise_in(p_compute_element_func, p_compute));
+            }();
 
             // STAGE 3, KV gemm
             if constexpr(k1_loops > 1)