Apple Microarchitecture Research by Dougall Johnson

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LD1R (16B)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  ld1r { v0.16b }, [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): 2.000

Issues: 2.002

Integer unit issues: 0.001

Load/store unit issues: 1.000

SIMD/FP unit issues: 1.002

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)schedule simd uop (54)schedule ldst uop (55)dispatch simd uop (57)dispatch ldst uop (58)simd uops in schedulers (5a)ldst uops in schedulers (5b)dispatch uop (78)map ldst uop (7d)map simd uop (7e)map ldst uop inputs (80)map simd uop inputs (81)? int output thing (e9)? ldst retires (ed)? simd retires (ee)
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62004293962003110021000100010003000777020001000100010001000110001000
62004294512003110021000100010003000777020001000100010001000110001000
62004294312003110021000100010003000777020001000100010001000110001000
62004294052003110021000100010003000777020001000100010001000110001000
62004294172003110021000100010003001777420001000100010001000110001000
62004294352003110021000100010003000777020001000100010001000110001000
62004294172003110021000100010003000777020001000100010001000110001000
62005294882004110021001100110003000776920001000100010001000110001000
62004296832003110021000100010003000777020001000100010001000110001000

Test 2: Latency 1->2 roundtrip

Chain cycles: 3

Code:

  ld1r { v0.16b }, [x6]
  fmov x0, d0
  eor x8, x8, x0
  eor x8, x8, x0
  add x6, x6, x8
  mov x0, 1
  mov x1, 2
  mov x8, 0

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code, minus 3 chain cycles): 9.0049

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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60204120040701034010120002100003010320007100043208774125760625756906011430212100042000860224100042000840001100001000040100
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60204120040701034010120002100003010320007100043208774125760625756906011430212100042000860224100042000840001100001000040100
60204120040701034010120002100003010320007100043208774125760625756906011430212100042000860294100162003340006100001000040100
60204120040701034010120002100003010320007100043208774125760625756906011430212100042000860224100042000840001100001000040100
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1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code, minus 3 chain cycles): 9.0049

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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60024120049700154001120004100003001020000100003209087125926425786566001030020100002000060020100002000040001100001000040010
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60024120049700154001120004100003001020000100003209087125926425786566001030020100002000060020100002000040001100001000040010
60024120049700154001120004100003001020000100003209087125926425786566001030020100002000060020100002000040001100001000040010
60024120049700154001120004100003001020000100003209087125926425786566001030020100002000060020100002000040001100001000040010
60024120049700154001120004100003001020000100043209755125959025793276002430032100042000860122100162003340009100001000040010
60024120049700154001120004100003001320007100043209134125933625787996002430032100042000860020100002000040001100001000040010
60024120047700154001120004100003001020000100003209033125924225786106001030020100002000060020100002000040001100001000040010

Test 3: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  ld1r { v0.16b }, [x6]
  ld1r { v0.16b }, [x6]
  ld1r { v0.16b }, [x6]
  ld1r { v0.16b }, [x6]
  ld1r { v0.16b }, [x6]
  ld1r { v0.16b }, [x6]
  ld1r { v0.16b }, [x6]
  ld1r { v0.16b }, [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): 0.5013

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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16020440101160135101800268000810080012800123002402046404201601242008001280012200800128001218000080000100
16020440101160135101800268000810080012800123002402046404201601242008001280012200800548005418000080000100
16020440101160135101800268000810080012800123002402046404201601242008001280012200800128001218000080000100
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16020440101160135101800268000810080012800123002554386595821601242008001280012200800128001218000080000100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 0.5008

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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