Apple Microarchitecture Research by Dougall Johnson

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FCVTAU (vector, 8H)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  fcvtau v0.8h, v0.8h
  movi v0.16b, 1
  movi v1.16b, 2

(no loop instructions)

1000 unrolls and 1 iteration

Retires: 1.000

Issues: 1.000

Integer unit issues: 0.000

Load/store unit issues: 0.000

SIMD/FP unit issues: 1.000

retire uop (01)cycle (02)03l1i tlb fill (04)1e3a3f4e51schedule uop (52)schedule simd uop (54)dispatch simd uop (57)ldst uops in schedulers (5b)60696d6emap stall dispatch (70)map rewind (75)map stall (76)dispatch uop (78)map simd uop (7e)map simd uop inputs (81)8283flush restart other nonspec (84)85inst all (8c)inst simd alu (9a)l1d cache writeback (a8)accfd5map dispatch bubble (d6)ddfetch restart (de)e0? simd retires (ee)f5f6f7f8fd
10043037230028225472510001000100039816003018303730372414328951000100010003037303711100110000377416442629100030383038303830383038
10043037231028225472510001000100039816003018303730372414328951000100010003037303711100110001077416442629100030383038303830383038
10043037241028225472510001000100039816003018303730372414328951000100010003037303711100110001377416442629100030383038303830383038
10043037241028225472510001000100039816003018303730372414328951000100010003037303711100110000077416442629100030383038303830383038
10043037230028225472510001000100039816013018303730372414328951000100010003037303711100110000077416442629100030383038303830383038
100430372410234325472510001000100039816013018303730372414328951000100010003037303711100110000077416442629100030383038303830383038
10043037241028225472510001000100039816013018303730372414328951000100010003037303711100110000077416442629100030383038303830383038
100430372300239125472510001000100039816013018303730372414328951000100010003037303711100110000077416442629100030383038303830383038
10043037241028225472510001000100039816013018303730372414328951000100010003037303711100110000077416442629100030383038303830383038
10043037231028225472510001000100039816013018303730372414328951000100010003037303711100110000077416442629100030383038303830383038

Test 2: Latency 1->2

Code:

  fcvtau v0.8h, v0.8h
  movi v0.16b, 1
  movi v1.16b, 2

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 3.0037

retire uop (01)cycle (02)031e3f4e51schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)schedule simd uop (54)dispatch int uop (56)dispatch simd uop (57)int uops in schedulers (59)ldst uops in schedulers (5b)60696d6emap stall dispatch (70)map rewind (75)map stall (76)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map simd uop (7e)map int uop inputs (7f)map simd uop inputs (81)8283flush restart other nonspec (84)85inst all (8c)inst branch (8d)inst branch taken (90)inst branch cond (94)inst int alu (97)inst simd alu (9a)9fl1d tlb access (a0)l1d cache writeback (a8)a9acbranch cond mispred nonspec (c5)cfd5map dispatch bubble (d6)ddfetch restart (de)e0? int output thing (e9)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)f5f6f7f8fd
1020430037233061295472510100100100001001000050042771600300183003730037282643287451010020010000200100003003730037111020110099100100100001000000071031622296330100001003003830038300383003830038
1020430037241061295472510100100100001001000050042771600300183003730037282643287451010020010000200100003003730037111020110099100100100001000000071021622296330100001003003830038300383003830038
1020430037232061295472510100100100001001000050042771600300183003730037282643287451010020010000200100003003730037111020110099100100100001000000071021622296330100001003003830038300383003830038
10204300372330105295472510100100100001001000050042771600300183003730037282643287451010020010000200106593003730037111020110099100100100001000000071021622296330100001003003830038300383003830038
1020430037233061295472510100100100001001000050042771601300183003730037282643287451010020010000200100003003730037111020110099100100100001000000071021622296330100001003003830038300383003830038
102043003723312612954725101001001000010010000500427716013001830037300372826432874510100200100002001000030037300371110201100991001001000010000018071021622296330100001003003830038300383003830038
10204300372331261295472510100100100001001000050042771601300183003730037282643287451010020010000200100003003730037111020110099100100100001000000071021622296330100001003003830038300383003830038
1020430037233061295472510100100100001001000050042771601300183003730037282643287451010020010000200100003003730037111020110099100100100001000000071021622296330100001003003830038300383003830038
1020430037232084295472510100100100001001000050042771601300183003730037282643287451010020010000200104903003730037111020110099100100100001000000071021622296330100001003003830038300383003830038
1020430037233061295472510100100100001001000050042771601300183003730037282643287451010020010000200100003003730037111020110099100100100001000000071021622296330100001003003830038300383003830038

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 3.0037

retire uop (01)cycle (02)031e3f4e51schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)schedule simd uop (54)dispatch int uop (56)dispatch simd uop (57)int uops in schedulers (59)ldst uops in schedulers (5b)60696d6emap stall dispatch (70)simd prf full (72)map rewind (75)map stall (76)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map simd uop (7e)map int uop inputs (7f)map simd uop inputs (81)8283flush restart other nonspec (84)85inst all (8c)inst branch (8d)inst branch taken (90)inst branch cond (94)inst int alu (97)inst simd alu (9a)9fl1d cache writeback (a8)acbranch cond mispred nonspec (c5)cfd0d5map dispatch bubble (d6)ddfetch restart (de)e0? int output thing (e9)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)f5f6f7f8fd
10024300372250812954725100101010000101000050427716013001830037300372828603287671001020100002010000300373003711100211091010100001000064002162229629010000103003830038300383003830038
10024300372250612954725100101010000101000050427716013001830037300372828603287671001020100002010000300373003711100211091010100001000064002162229629010000103003830038300383003830038
10024300372250612954725100101010000101000050427716013001830037300372828603287671001020100002010000300373003711100211091010100001000064002162229629010000103008530181300863003830038
10024300372250612954725100101010000101000050427716013001830037300372828603287671001020100002010000300373003711100211091010100001000064002162229629010000103003830038300383003830038
10024300372250612954725100101010000101000050427716003001830037300372828603287671001020100002010000300373003711100211091010100001000064002162229629010000103003830038300383003830038
10024300372250612954725100101010000101000050427716003001830037300372828603287671001020100002010000300373003711100211091010100001000064002162229629010000103003830038300383003830038
10024300372250612954725100101010000101000050427716003001830037300372828603287671001020100002010000300373003711100211091010100001000064002162229629010000103003830038300383003830038
10024300372250612953825100101010000101000050427716013001830037300372828603287671001020100002010000300373003711100211091010100001000064002162229629010000103003830038300383003830038
10024300372250612954725100101010000101000050427716013001830037300372828603287671001020100002010000300373003711100211091010100001000064002162229629010000103003830038300383003830038
10024300372250612954725100101010000101000050427716013001830037300372828603287671001020100002010000300373003711100211091010100001000064002162229629010000103003830038300383003830038

Test 3: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  fcvtau v0.8h, v8.8h
  fcvtau v1.8h, v8.8h
  fcvtau v2.8h, v8.8h
  fcvtau v3.8h, v8.8h
  fcvtau v4.8h, v8.8h
  fcvtau v5.8h, v8.8h
  fcvtau v6.8h, v8.8h
  fcvtau v7.8h, v8.8h
  movi v8.16b, 9

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 0.2506

retire uop (01)cycle (02)030918191e1f3f51schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)schedule simd uop (54)dispatch int uop (56)dispatch simd uop (57)int uops in schedulers (59)ldst uops in schedulers (5b)60696d6emap stall dispatch (70)map rewind (75)map stall (76)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map simd uop (7e)map int uop inputs (7f)map simd uop inputs (81)8283flush restart other nonspec (84)85inst all (8c)inst branch (8d)inst branch taken (90)inst branch cond (94)inst int alu (97)inst simd alu (9a)9fld unit uop (a6)l1d cache writeback (a8)acc2branch cond mispred nonspec (c5)branch mispred nonspec (cb)cdcfd5map dispatch bubble (d6)ddfetch restart (de)e0? int output thing (e9)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)f5f6f7f8fd
802042006715500000402580108100800081008002050064013212014020039200399977699908012020080032200800322003920039118020110099100100800001000000111511801600200360800001002004020040200402004020040
80204200391550001203025801081008000810080020500640132120020200392003999866100438012020080032200800322003920039118020110099100100800001000000111511801600200360800001002004020040200402004020040
802042003915500000302580108100800081008002050064013212002020039200399977699908012020080032200800322003920039118020110099100100800001000000111511801600200360800001002004020040200402004020040
802042003915500000302580108100800081008002050064013212002020039200399977699908012020080032200800322003920039118020110099100100800001000000111511801600200360800001002004020040200402004020040
802042003915500000302580108100800081008002050064013212002020039200399977699908012020080032200800322003920039118020110099100100800001000000111511801600200360800001002004020040200402004020040
802042003915500000302580108100800081008002050064013212002020039200399977699908012020080032200800322003920039118020110099100100800001002000111511801600200360800001002004020040200402004020040
802042003915500000302580108100800081008002050064013212002020039200399977699908012020080032200800322003920039118020110099100100800001000100111511801600200360800001002004020040200402004020040
802042003915500000302580108100800081008002050064013212002020039200399977699908012020080032200800322003920039118020110099100100800001000000111511801600200360800001002004020040200402004020040
802042003915500000302580108100800081008002050064013212002020039200399977699908012020080032200800322003920039118020110099100100800001000000111511801600200360800001002004020040200402004020040
8020420039155000001252580108100800081008002050064013212002020039200399977699908012020080032200800322003920039118020110099100100800001000000111511801600200360800001002004020040200402004020040

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 0.2505

retire uop (01)cycle (02)03mmu table walk instruction (07)mmu table walk data (08)l2 tlb miss data (0b)18191e3f51schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)schedule simd uop (54)dispatch int uop (56)dispatch simd uop (57)int uops in schedulers (59)ldst uops in schedulers (5b)60696d6emap stall dispatch (70)map rewind (75)map stall (76)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map simd uop (7e)map int uop inputs (7f)map simd uop inputs (81)8283flush restart other nonspec (84)85inst all (8c)inst branch (8d)inst branch taken (90)inst branch cond (94)inst int alu (97)inst simd alu (9a)9fl1d tlb access (a0)l1d tlb miss (a1)ld unit uop (a6)st unit uop (a7)l1d cache writeback (a8)a9acc2cfd5map dispatch bubble (d6)daddfetch restart (de)e0? int output thing (e9)eb? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)f5f6f7f8fd
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800242003915500000040258001010800001080000506400000200202003920039999631001980010208000020800002003920039118002110910108000010000000005020316034200360080000102004020040200402004020040
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800242003915500000040258001010800001080000506400000200202003920039999631001980010208000020800002003920039118002110910108000010000000005020416043200360080000102004020040200402004020040
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