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

UCVTF (vector, fixed-point, 4S from 4S)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  ucvtf v0.4s, v0.4s, #3
  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
100430372406125472510001000100039816013018303730372414328951000100010003037303711100110000073216222629100030383038303830383038
100430372406125472510001000100039816013018303730372414328951000100010003037303711100110000073216222629100030383038303830383038
100430372406125472510001000100039816013018303730372414328951000100010003037303711100110000073216222629100030383038303830383038
1004303723126125472510001000100039816013018303730372414328951000100010003037303711100110000373216222629100030383038303830383038
1004303725126125472510001000100039816013018303730372414328951000100010003037303711100110000073216222629100030383038303830383038
100430372406125472510001000100039816013018303730372414328951000100010003037303711100110000073216222629100030383038303830383038
100430372306125472510001000100039816013018303730372414328951000100010003037303711100110000073216222629100030383038303830383038
100430372306125472510001000100039816013018303730372414328951000100010003037303711100110000373216222629100030383038303830383038
100430372306125472510001000100039816013018303730372414328951000100010003037303711100110000373216222629100030383038303830383038
100430372406125472510001000100039816013018303730372414328951000100010003037303711100110000073216222629100030383038303830383038

Test 2: Latency 1->2

Code:

  ucvtf v0.4s, v0.4s, #3
  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)03mmu table walk data (08)1e1f3f4e51schedule 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)ld unit uop (a6)l1d cache writeback (a8)acbranch mispred nonspec (cb)cfd5map dispatch bubble (d6)ddfetch restart (de)e0? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)f5f6f7f8fd
10204300372320006129547251010010010000100100005004277160130018300373003728264328745101002001000020010000300373003711102011009910010010000100000007101161129633100001003003830038300383003830038
10204300372330006129547251010010010000100100005004277160130018300373003728264328745101002001000020010000300373003711102011009910010010000100000007101161129633100001003003830038300383003830038
10204300372320006129547251010010010000100100005004277160130018300373003728264328745101002001000020010000300373003711102011009910010010000100000007101161129633100001003003830038300383003830038
102043003723301206129547251010010010000100100005004277160030018300373003728264328745101002001000020010000300373003711102011009910010010000100000007101161129633100001003003830038300383003830038
1020430037233017406129547251010010010000100100005004277160030018300373003728264328745101002001000020010000300373003711102011009910010010000100000007101251129633100001003003830085300383003830038
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10204300372331006129547251010010010000100100005004277160030018300373003728264328745101002001000020010000300373003711102011009910010010000100000007101161129633100001003003830038300383003830038
10204300372320006129547251010010010000100100005004277160130018300373003728264328745101002001000020010000300373003711102011009910010010000100000007101161129633100001003003830038300383003830038
10204300372320006129547251010010010000100100005004277160030018300373003728264328745101002001000020010000300373003711102011009910010010000100000007101161129633100001003003830038300383003830038
10204300372330006129547251010010010000100100005004277160030018300373003728264328745101002001000020010000300373003711102011009910010010000100000007101161129633100001003003830038300383003830038

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)18191e1f3a3f4e51schedule 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)ld unit uop (a6)l1d cache writeback (a8)a9accfd5map dispatch bubble (d6)ddfetch restart (de)e0? int output thing (e9)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)f5f6f7f8fd
100243003722500000001052954725100101010000101000050427716003001830037300372828632876710010201000020100003003730037111002110910101000010000006402162229629010000103003830038300383003830038
10024300372250000000612954725100101010000101000050427716003001830037300372828632876710010201000020100003003730037111002110910101000010000006402162229629010000103003830038300383003830038
100243003722500000003932954725100101010000101000050427716003001830037300372828632876710010201000020100003003730037111002110910101000010000006402162229629010000103003830038301813003830038
10024300372250000000612954725100101010000101000050427716013001830037300372828632876710010201000020100003003730037111002110910101000010000006402162229629010000103003830038300383003830038
100243003722500000011452954725100101010000101000050427716013001830037300372828632876710010201000020100003003730037111002110910101000010000006402162229629010000103003830038300383003830038
100243003722500000002142954725100101010000101000050427716003001830037300372828632876710010201000020100003003730037111002110910101000010000006402162229629010000103003830038300383003830038
100243003722500000001242954725100101010000101000050427716003001830037300372828632876710010201000020100003003730037111002110910101000010000006402162229629010000103003830038300383003830038
10024300372250000000822954725100101010000101000050427716003001830037300372828632876710010201000020100003003730037111002110910101000010000006402162229629010000103003830038300383003830038
100243003722500000001032954725100101010000101000050427716013001830037300372828632876710010201000020100003003730037111002110910101000010000006402162229629010000103003830038300383003830038
100243003722400000001452954725100101010000101000050427716003001830037300372828632876710010201000020100003003730037111002110910101000010000006402162229629010000103003830038300383003830038

Test 3: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  ucvtf v0.4s, v8.4s, #3
  ucvtf v1.4s, v8.4s, #3
  ucvtf v2.4s, v8.4s, #3
  ucvtf v3.4s, v8.4s, #3
  ucvtf v4.4s, v8.4s, #3
  ucvtf v5.4s, v8.4s, #3
  ucvtf v6.4s, v8.4s, #3
  ucvtf v7.4s, v8.4s, #3
  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)03mmu table walk data (08)l2 tlb miss data (0b)18191e1f3a3f51schedule 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 tlb access (a0)l1d 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)? 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)03l2 tlb miss data (0b)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)5f60696d6emap 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)accfd5map dispatch bubble (d6)ddfetch restart (de)e0? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)f5f6f7f8fd
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800242003915500402580010108000010800005064000011200202003920039999631001980010208000020800002003920039118002110910108000010005020616552003680000102004020040200402004020040
800242003915500402580010108000010800005064081601200202003920039999631001980010208000020800002003920039118002110910108000010005020516552003680000102004020040200402004020040
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