Apple Microarchitecture Research by Dougall Johnson

M1/A14 P-core (Firestorm): Overview | Base Instructions | SIMD and FP Instructions
M1/A14 E-core (Icestorm):  Overview | Base Instructions | SIMD and FP Instructions

FCVTL (vector, 2D)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  fcvtl v0.2d, v0.2s
  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)031e3f4e51schedule 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
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100430372406125472510001000100039816013018303730372414328951000100010003037303711100110000373116112629100030383038303830383038
100430372506125472510001000100039816003018303730372414328951000100010003037303711100110001073116112629100030383038303830383038
100430372306125472510001000100039816013018303730372414328951000100010003037303711100110000073116112629100030383038303830383038
100430372406125472510001000100039816003018303730372414328951000100010003037303711100110000073116112629100030383038303830383038
100430372308225472510001000100039816013018303730372414328951000100010003037303711100110003073116112629100030383038303830383038
100430372406125472510001000100039816003018303730372414328951000100010003037303711100110000073116112629100030383038303830383038
1004303723050825472510001000100039816003018303730372414328951000100010003037303711100110000073116112629100030383038303830383038
1004303724021225472510001000100039816003018303730372414328951000100010003037303711100110000073116112629100030383038303830383038
100430372406125472510001000100039816013018303730372414328951000100010003037303711100110000073116112629100030383038303830383038

Test 2: Latency 1->2

Code:

  fcvtl v0.2d, v0.2s
  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)0318191e1f3f4d4e51schedule 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 cache writeback (a8)a9accfd5map dispatch bubble (d6)ddfetch restart (de)e0? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)f5f6f7f8fd
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102043003723200001570295472510100100100001001000050042771600300183003730037282643287451010020010000200100003003730037111020110099100100100001000007101161129633100001003003830038300383003830038
10204300372330000610295382510100100100001001000050042771601300183003730037282643287451010020010000200100003003730037111020110099100100100001000007101161129633100001003003830038300383003830038
10204300372330000610295472510100100100001001000050042771601300183003730037282643287451010020010000200100003003730037111020110099100100100001000007101161129633100001003003830038300383003830038
102043003723200120610295472510100100100001001000050042771601300183003730037282643287451010020010000200100003003730037111020110099100100100001000007101161129633100001003003830038300383003830038
10204300372330000610295472510100100100001001000050042771601300183003730037282643287451010020010000200100003003730037111020110099100100100001000007101161129633100001003003830038300383003830038
10204300372330000610295472510100100100001001000050042771601300183003730037282643287451010020010000200100003003730037111020110099100100100001000007102161129705100001003003830038300383008530038
10204300372330000610295472510100100100001001000050042771601300183003730037282643287451010020010000200100003003730037111020110099100100100001000007101161129633100001003003830038300383003830038
10204300372410000610295472510100100100001001000050042771601300183003730037282643287451010020010000200100003003730037111020110099100100100001000007101161129633100001003003830038300383003830038
10204300372320000610295472510100100100001001000050042771601300183003730037282643287451010020010000200100003003730037111020110099100100100001000007101161129633100001003003830038300383003830038

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 3.0037

retire uop (01)cycle (02)03mmu table walk data (08)l2 tlb miss data (0b)18191e1f3f4e51schedule 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)a9accfd5map dispatch bubble (d6)ddfetch restart (de)e0? int output thing (e9)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)f5f6f7f8fd
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100243003722500000061295472510010101000010100005042771600300183003730037282863287671001020100002010000300373003711100211091010100001000006692162229629010000103003830038300383003830038
1002430037225000000726295472510010101000010100005042771600300183003730037282863287671001020100002010000300373003711100211091010100001000006402162229629010000103003830038300383003830038
1002430037225000000726295472510010101000010100005042771600300183003730037282863287671001020100002010000300373003711100211091010100001000006402162229629010000103003830038300383003830038
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100243003722500000061295472510010101000010100005042771601300183003730037282863287671001020100002010000300373003711100211091010100001001036402162229629010000103003830038300383003830038
100243003722500000061295472510010101000010100005042771601300183003730037282863287671001020100002010000300373003711100211091010100001000006402162229629010000103003830038300383003830038
1002430037225000027061295472510010101000010100005042771601300183003730037282863287671001020100002010012300373003711100211091010100001000006402162229629010000103003830038300383003830038

Test 3: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  fcvtl v0.2d, v8.2s
  fcvtl v1.2d, v8.2s
  fcvtl v2.2d, v8.2s
  fcvtl v3.2d, v8.2s
  fcvtl v4.2d, v8.2s
  fcvtl v5.2d, v8.2s
  fcvtl v6.2d, v8.2s
  fcvtl v7.2d, v8.2s
  movi v8.16b, 9

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 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 instruction (0a)l2 tlb miss data (0b)18191e1f3f51schedule 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)l1d cache writeback (a8)a9acc2branch 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
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1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

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

retire uop (01)cycle (02)031e3f51schedule 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)9fld unit uop (a6)l1d cache writeback (a8)accfd5map dispatch bubble (d6)ddfetch restart (de)e0ea? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)f5f6f7f8fd
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