Apple Microarchitecture Research by Dougall Johnson

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AESIMC

Test 1: uops

Code:

  aesimc v0.16b, v0.16b
  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: 0.001

Load/store unit issues: 0.000

SIMD/FP unit issues: 1.000

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)schedule simd uop (54)dispatch simd uop (57)ldst uops in schedulers (5b)dispatch uop (78)map simd uop (7e)map simd uop inputs (81)? int output thing (e9)? simd retires (ee)
1004203310011100010005024810001000100011000
1004203310011100010005024810001000100011000
1004203310011100010005024810001000100011000
1004203310011100010005024810001000100011000
1004203310011100010005024810001000100011000
1004203310011100010005024810001000100011000
1004203310011100010005024810001000100011000
1004203310011100010005024810001000100011000
1004203310011100010005024810001000100011000
1004203310011100010005024810001000100011000

Test 2: Latency 1->2

Code:

  aesimc v0.16b, v0.16b
  movi v0.16b, 1
  movi v1.16b, 2

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 2.0033

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule 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)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map simd uop (7e)map int uop inputs (7f)map simd uop inputs (81)? int output thing (e9)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000520010006110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420010004110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420010004110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420010004110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420010004110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420010004110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420010004110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420010004110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420010004110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420010004110000100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 2.0033

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule 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)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map simd uop (7e)map int uop inputs (7f)map simd uop inputs (81)? int output thing (e9)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)
10024200331002121100002010000705092471002020100062010000111000010
10025200661002921100082010034705092481002020100002010000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002010000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002010000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002010000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000655095801005420100432010000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002010000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002010000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002010000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002010000111000010

Test 3: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  aesimc v0.16b, v8.16b
  aesimc v1.16b, v8.16b
  aesimc v2.16b, v8.16b
  aesimc v3.16b, v8.16b
  aesimc v4.16b, v8.16b
  aesimc v5.16b, v8.16b
  aesimc v6.16b, v8.16b
  aesimc v7.16b, v8.16b
  movi v8.16b, 9

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 0.5004

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule 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)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map simd uop (7e)map int uop inputs (7f)map simd uop inputs (81)? int output thing (e9)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)
8020440060801071018000610080010300320036801082008001220080012180000100
8020440034801071018000610080010300320036801082008001220080012180000100
8020440034801051018000410080008300320036801082008001220080012180000100
8020440034801051018000410080008300320036801082008001220080060180000100
8020440034801071018000610080010300320036801082008001220080012180000100
8020440034801051018000410080008300320036801082008001220080012180000100
8020440034801051018000410080008300320036801082008001220080012180000100
8020440034801051018000410080008300320036801082008001220080012180000100
8020440034801051018000410080008300320036801082008001220080012180000100
8020440034801051018000410080008300320036801082008001220080012180000100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 0.5004

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)schedule simd uop (54)schedule ldst uop (55)dispatch int uop (56)dispatch simd uop (57)int uops in schedulers (59)ldst uops in schedulers (5b)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map simd uop (7e)map int uop inputs (7f)map simd uop inputs (81)? int output thing (e9)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)
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800244003480021218000002080000703200008002020800002080000118000010
800244003480021218000002080000703200008002020800002080000118000010
800244003480021218000002080000703200008002020800002080000118000010
800244003480021218000002080000703202088007420800642080000118000010
800244003480021218000002080000703200008002020800002080000118000010
800244003480021218000002080000703200008002020800002080000118000010
800244003480021218000002080000703200008002020800002080000118000010
800244003480021218000002080000703200008002020800002080000118000010
800244003480021218000002080000703200008002020800002080000118000010