Apple Microarchitecture Research by Dougall Johnson

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FCVTNS (scalar, H to W)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  fcvtns w0, h0
  mov x0, 1
  mov x1, 2

(no loop instructions)

1000 unrolls and 1 iteration

Retires: 2.000

Issues: 3.000

Integer unit issues: 1.000

Load/store unit issues: 0.000

SIMD/FP unit issues: 2.000

retire uop (01)cycle (02)03mmu table walk instruction (07)1e3f51schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)schedule simd uop (54)dispatch simd uop (57)ldst uops in schedulers (5b)696d6emap 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 int alu (97)accfd5map dispatch bubble (d6)ddfetch restart (de)e0? int output thing (e9)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)f5f6f7f8fd
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Test 2: Latency 1->2 roundtrip

Code:

  fcvtns w0, h0
  fmov d0, x0
  mov x0, 1
  mov x1, 2

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 13.0038

retire uop (01)cycle (02)03l2 tlb miss data (0b)1e3f4f51schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)schedule simd uop (54)schedule ldst uop (55)dispatch int uop (56)dispatch simd uop (57)dispatch ldst uop (58)int uops in schedulers (59)simd uops in schedulers (5a)ldst uops in schedulers (5b)60696d6emap stall dispatch (70)map rewind (75)map stall (76)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map ldst uop (7d)map simd uop (7e)map int uop inputs (7f)map ldst uop inputs (80)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)l1d cache writeback (a8)accfd0d5map dispatch bubble (d6)ddfetch restart (de)e0? int output thing (e9)? ldst retires (ed)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)f5f6f7f8fd
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1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 13.0038

retire uop (01)cycle (02)031e1f3f4f51schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)schedule simd uop (54)schedule ldst uop (55)dispatch int uop (56)dispatch simd uop (57)dispatch ldst uop (58)int uops in schedulers (59)simd uops in schedulers (5a)ldst uops in schedulers (5b)60696b6d6emap stall dispatch (70)map rewind (75)map stall (76)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map ldst uop (7d)map simd uop (7e)map int uop inputs (7f)map ldst uop inputs (80)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 miss (a1)ld unit uop (a6)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)? ldst retires (ed)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)f5f6f7f8fd
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Test 3: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  fcvtns w0, h8
  fcvtns w1, h8
  fcvtns w2, h8
  fcvtns w3, h8
  fcvtns w4, h8
  fcvtns w5, h8
  fcvtns w6, h8
  fcvtns w7, h8
  mov x8, 9

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 0.5005

retire uop (01)cycle (02)03mmu table walk data (08)181e1f3f51schedule 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)696d6emap 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)9fl1d cache writeback (a8)a9acbranch cond mispred nonspec (c5)branch mispred nonspec (cb)cdcfd2d5map 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): 0.5005

retire uop (01)cycle (02)03l1d tlb fill (05)1e3f51schedule 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)9fl1d tlb access (a0)l1d cache writeback (a8)acbranch cond mispred nonspec (c5)branch mispred nonspec (cb)cdcfd5map dispatch bubble (d6)d9ddfetch restart (de)e0? int output thing (e9)eaeb? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)f5f6f7f8fd
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