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

LD1 (multiple, 4 regs, 2S)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  ld1 { v0.2s, v1.2s, v2.2s, v3.2s }, [x6]
  nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop
  mov x0, 1
  mov x1, 2
  mov x8, 0

(no loop instructions)

1000 unrolls and 1 iteration

Retires (minus 60 nops): 4.000

Issues: 2.000

Integer unit issues: 0.000

Load/store unit issues: 2.000

SIMD/FP unit issues: 0.000

retire uop (01)cycle (02)03l1i tlb fill (04)mmu table walk instruction (07)l2 tlb miss instruction (0a)0f18191e1f22243a3f43464951schedule uop (52)schedule ldst uop (55)dispatch ldst uop (58)simd uops in schedulers (5a)5f696d6emap rewind (75)map stall (76)dispatch uop (78)map ldst uop (7d)map ldst uop inputs (80)8283flush restart other nonspec (84)85inst all (8c)inst simd load (98)inst ldst (9b)9dl1d tlb access (a0)l1d cache miss ld (a3)ld unit uop (a6)l1d cache writeback (a8)acafb5bbl1d cache miss ld nonspec (bf)cfd0d2l1i cache miss demand (d3)l1i tlb miss demand (d4)d5map dispatch bubble (d6)d9dadbddfetch restart (de)e0eaebec? ldst retires (ed)? simd retires (ee)f5f6f7f8fd
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Test 2: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  ld1 { v0.2s, v1.2s, v2.2s, v3.2s }, [x6]
  ld1 { v0.2s, v1.2s, v2.2s, v3.2s }, [x6]
  ld1 { v0.2s, v1.2s, v2.2s, v3.2s }, [x6]
  ld1 { v0.2s, v1.2s, v2.2s, v3.2s }, [x6]
  ld1 { v0.2s, v1.2s, v2.2s, v3.2s }, [x6]
  ld1 { v0.2s, v1.2s, v2.2s, v3.2s }, [x6]
  ld1 { v0.2s, v1.2s, v2.2s, v3.2s }, [x6]
  ld1 { v0.2s, v1.2s, v2.2s, v3.2s }, [x6]
  mov x7, x6
  mov x8, x6
  mov x9, x6
  mov x10, x6
  mov x11, x6
  mov x12, x6
  mov x13, x6

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 1.0005

retire uop (01)cycle (02)03090e0f1e22243a3f43464951schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)schedule ldst uop (55)dispatch int uop (56)dispatch ldst uop (58)int uops in schedulers (59)simd uops in schedulers (5a)60696b6d6emap rewind (75)map stall (76)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map ldst uop (7d)map int uop inputs (7f)map ldst uop inputs (80)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 load (98)inst ldst (9b)9d9fl1d tlb access (a0)l1d cache miss ld (a3)ld unit uop (a6)l1d cache writeback (a8)acafb5b6bbl1d cache miss ld nonspec (bf)branch cond mispred nonspec (c5)cdcfd5map dispatch bubble (d6)ddfetch restart (de)e0e7eaebec? ldst retires (ed)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)f5f6f7f8fd
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1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 1.0005

retire uop (01)cycle (02)03l1d tlb fill (05)mmu table walk data (08)09l2 tlb miss data (0b)0e0f1e1f22233a3f43464951schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)schedule ldst uop (55)dispatch int uop (56)dispatch ldst uop (58)int uops in schedulers (59)simd uops in schedulers (5a)60696d6emap stall dispatch (70)map rewind (75)map stall (76)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map ldst uop (7d)map int uop inputs (7f)map ldst uop inputs (80)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 load (98)inst ldst (9b)9d9fl1d tlb access (a0)l1d tlb miss (a1)l1d cache miss ld (a3)a5ld unit uop (a6)l1d cache writeback (a8)a9acafb5b6bbl1d cache miss ld nonspec (bf)l1d tlb miss nonspec (c1)c2cfd5map dispatch bubble (d6)ddfetch restart (de)e0e7eaebec? ldst retires (ed)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)f5f6f7f8fd
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