Apple Microarchitecture Research by Dougall Johnson

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FCVTZS (scalar, fixed-point, H to W)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  fcvtzs w0, h0, #3
  mov x0, 1
  mov x1, 2

(no loop instructions)

1000 unrolls and 1 iteration

Retires: 2.000

Issues: 3.000

Integer unit issues: 1.001

Load/store unit issues: 0.000

SIMD/FP unit issues: 2.000

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)? int retires (ef)
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20041037300110012000200011000200020002000100110001000
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20041037300110012000200011000200020002000100110001000

Test 2: Latency 1->2 roundtrip

Code:

  fcvtzs w0, h0, #3
  fmov d0, x0
  mov x0, 1
  mov x1, 2

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 10.0032

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)dispatch ldst uop (58)int uops in schedulers (59)simd uops in schedulers (5a)ldst uops in schedulers (5b)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)? int output thing (e9)? ldst retires (ed)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)
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1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 10.0032

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)dispatch ldst uop (58)int uops in schedulers (59)simd uops in schedulers (5a)ldst uops in schedulers (5b)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)? int output thing (e9)? ldst retires (ed)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)
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300241000384001110011200001000010200001000030154643125783363001020100002000020100002000010001100001000010010
300241000324001110011200001000010200001000030154634625782063001020100002000020100002000010001100001000010010
300241000324001110011200001000010200001001830154652525784833005620100202004020100002000010001100001000010010
300241000324001110011200001000010200001000030154634625782063001020100002000020100002000010001100001000010010
300241000324001110011200001000010200001000030154634625782063001020100002000020100002000010001100001000010010
300241000324001110011200001000010200001000030154634625782063001020100002000020100002000010001100001000010010
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300241000324001110011200001000010200001000030154634625782063001020100002000020100002000010001100001000010010

Test 3: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  fcvtzs w0, h8, #3
  fcvtzs w1, h8, #3
  fcvtzs w2, h8, #3
  fcvtzs w3, h8, #3
  fcvtzs w4, h8, #3
  fcvtzs w5, h8, #3
  fcvtzs w6, h8, #3
  fcvtzs w7, h8, #3
  mov x8, 9

(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)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 ldst uop inputs (80)map simd uop inputs (81)? int output thing (e9)? ldst retires (ed)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)
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160204800372401038010116000210016000830088004116010820016001220001600128000108000080100
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160204800472401048010116000310016001030088004116010820016001220001600128000108000080100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

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

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 ldst uop inputs (80)map simd uop inputs (81)? int output thing (e9)? ldst retires (ed)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)
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