Apple Microarchitecture Research by Dougall Johnson

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CRC32CX

Test 1: uops

Code:

  crc32cx w0, w0, x1
  mov x0, 1
  mov x1, 2

(no loop instructions)

1000 unrolls and 1 iteration

Retires: 1.000

Issues: 1.000

Integer unit issues: 1.001

Load/store unit issues: 0.000

SIMD/FP unit issues: 0.000

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)dispatch int uop (56)int uops in schedulers (59)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map int uop inputs (7f)? int output thing (e9)? int retires (ef)
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100430301001100110002585610001000200010011000
100430301001100110002585610001000200010011000
100430301001100110002585610001000200010011000

Test 2: Latency 1->2

Code:

  crc32cx w0, w0, x1
  mov x0, 1
  mov x1, 2

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 3.0030

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)dispatch int uop (56)int uops in schedulers (59)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map int uop inputs (7f)? int output thing (e9)? int retires (ef)
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10204300301010110101101002601561010010208202161000110100
10204300301010110101101002601561010010208202161000110100
10204300301010110101101002601561010010208202161000110100
10204300301010110101101002601561010010208202161000110100
10204300301010110101101002601561010010208202161000110100
10204300301010110101101002601561010010208202161000110100
10204300301010110101101002601561010010208202161000110100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 3.0030

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)dispatch int uop (56)int uops in schedulers (59)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map int uop inputs (7f)? int output thing (e9)? int retires (ef)
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10024300301002110021100202599161002010020200201001110010
10024300301002110021100202599161002010020200201001110010
10024300301002110021100202599161002010020200201001110010
10024300301002110021100202599161002010020200201001110010
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10024300301002110021100202599161002010020200201001110010
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Test 3: Latency 1->3

Code:

  crc32cx w0, w1, x0
  mov x0, 1
  mov x1, 2

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 3.0030

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)dispatch int uop (56)int uops in schedulers (59)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map int uop inputs (7f)? int output thing (e9)? int retires (ef)
10204300301010110101101002601441010010206202121000110100
10204300301010110101101002601561010010208202161000110100
10204300301010110101101002601561010010208202161000110100
10204300301010110101101002601561010010208202161000110100
10204300301010110101101002601561010010208202161000110100
10205300601010610106101142601561010010208202161000110100
10204300301010110101101002601561010010208202161000110100
10204300301010110101101002601561010010208202161000110100
10204300301010110101101002601561010010208202161000110100
10204300301010110101101002601561010010208202161000110100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 3.0030

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)dispatch int uop (56)int uops in schedulers (59)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map int uop inputs (7f)? int output thing (e9)? int retires (ef)
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10024300301002110021100202599161002010020200201001110010
10024300301002110021100202599161002010020200201001110010
10024300301002110021100202599161002010020200201001110010
10024300301002110021100202599161002010020200201001110010
10024300301002110021100202599161002010020200201001110010
10024300301002110021100202599161002010020200201001110010
10024300301002110021100202599161002010020200201001110010
10024300301002110021100202599161002010020200201001110010
10024300301002110021100202599161002010020200841001610010

Test 4: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  crc32cx w0, w8, x9
  crc32cx w1, w8, x9
  crc32cx w2, w8, x9
  crc32cx w3, w8, x9
  crc32cx w4, w8, x9
  crc32cx w5, w8, x9
  crc32cx w6, w8, x9
  crc32cx w7, w8, x9
  mov x8, 9
  mov x9, 10

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 1.0004

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)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map int uop inputs (7f)? int output thing (e9)? int retires (ef)
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802048004480104801040080105024031580105802121602248000480100
802048003480104801040080105024031580105802121602248000480100
802048003480104801040080105024031580105802121602248000480100
802048003480104801040080105024031580105802121602248000480100
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802048003480104801040080105024031580105802121602248000480100
802048003480104801040080105024031580105802121602248000480100
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802048003480104801040080105024031580105802121602248000480100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 1.0004

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)dispatch int uop (56)int uops in schedulers (59)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map int uop inputs (7f)? int output thing (e9)? int retires (ef)
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