Apple Microarchitecture Research by Dougall Johnson

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LD1R (8H)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  ld1r { v0.8h }, [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: 2.001

Integer unit issues: 0.001

Load/store unit issues: 1.000

SIMD/FP unit issues: 1.001

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)
62005306002036110291006100610003000776720001000100010001000110001000
62004296792002110011000100010003000776020001000100010001000110001000
62004304222003110021000100010003000776020001000100010001000110001000
62004294462002110011000100010003000776020001000100010001000110001000
62004295162002110011000100010003000776020001000100010001000110001000
62004297212002110011000100010003000776020001000100010001000110001000
62004296612002110011000100010003000776020001000100010001000110001000
62004295442002110011000100010003000776020001000100010001000110001000
62004295272002110011000100010003010777020001000100010001000110001000
62004303422002110011000100010003000776020001000100010001000110001000

Test 2: Latency 1->2 roundtrip

Chain cycles: 3

Code:

  ld1r { v0.8h }, [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): 9.0042

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)
60205120147701144010120012100013013020031100043208883125751425755516011430212100042000860224100042000840001100001000040100
60204120040701034010120002100003010320007100043208774125760625756906011430212100042000860224100042000840001100001000040100
60204120040701034010120002100003010320007100043208774125760625756906011430212100042000860224100042000840001100001000040100
60205120073701124010620005100013013320029100043208728125751825755336011430212100042000860224100042000840001100001000040100
60204120050701054010120004100003010320007100043209079125766125758326011430212100042000860224100042000840001100001000040100
60204120042701034010120002100003010320007100043208828125762825757366011430212100042000860224100042000840001100001000040100
60205120103701124010620005100013013320030100043208836125756225756256011430212100042000860224100042000840001100001000040100
60204120040701034010120002100003010320007100043208828125763025757366011430212100042000860302100162003340006100001000040100
60204120040701034010120002100003010320006100043208774125760625756906011430212100042000860224100042000840001100001000040100
60204120040701034010120002100003010320007100043208774125760625756906011430212100042000860224100042000840001100001000040100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code, minus 3 chain cycles): 9.0042

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)
60025120157700244001120012100013004020031100043209019125922125785866002430032100042000860020100002000040001100001000040010
60024120047700154001120004100003001020000100003208844125916525784496001030020100002000060020100002000040001100001000040010
60024120040700134001120002100003001020000100003208844125916525784496001030020100002000060020100002000040001100001000040010
60025120073700224001620005100013004320029100003208844125916525784496001030020100002000060020100002000040001100001000040010
60024120040700134001120002100003001020000100003208844125916525784496001030020100002000060020100002000040001100001000040010
60024120040700134001120002100003001020000100003208844125916525784496001030020100002000060020100002000040001100001000040010
60024120040700134001120002100003001020000100003208844125916525784496001030020100002000060020100002000040001100001000040010
60024120040700134001120002100003001020000100003208844125916525784496001030020100002000060118100162003340006100001000040010
60024120050700134001120002100003001020000100003208844125916525784496001030020100002000060020100002000040001100001000040010
60024120040700134001120002100003001020000100003208871125917625784716001030020100002000060020100002000040001100001000040010

Test 3: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  ld1r { v0.8h }, [x6]
  ld1r { v0.8h }, [x6]
  ld1r { v0.8h }, [x6]
  ld1r { v0.8h }, [x6]
  ld1r { v0.8h }, [x6]
  ld1r { v0.8h }, [x6]
  ld1r { v0.8h }, [x6]
  ld1r { v0.8h }, [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)
16020540344160267101801288003810080038800123002402686411641601242008001280012200800128001218000080000100
16020440113160153101800448000810080012800123002401706405041601242008001280012200800128001218000080000100
16020440103160139101800308000810080012800123002401706405041601242008001280012200800128001218000080000100
16020440103160139101800308000810080012800123002401706405041601242008001280012200800128001218000080000100
16020440103160139101800308000810080012800123002401706405041601242008001280012200800548005418000080000100
16020440103160139101800308000810080012800123002401706405041601242008001280012200800128001218000080000100
16020440103160139101800308000810080012800123002401706405041601242008001280012200800128001218000080000100
16020440106160139101800308000810080012800123002401706405041601242008001280012200800128001218000080000100
16020440103160139101800308000810080012800123002401426416621601242008001280012200800128001218000080000100
16020440105160139101800308000810080012800123002401706405041601242008001280012200800128001218000080000100

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)
16002540485160179118012980039108003980000302402326410681600102080000800002080000800001800008000010
16002440077160049118003880000108000080000302402326526121600102080000800002080000800001800008000010
16002440062160049118003880000108000080000302402326526121600102080000800002080000800001800008000010
16002440062160049118003880000108000080000302402326526121600102080000800002080000800001800008000010
16002440062160049118003880000108000080054302405026530761601182080054800542080000800001800008000010
16002440136160049118003880000108000080000303147547434871600102080000800002080000800001800008000010
16002440075160049118003880000108000080000303007547371221600102080000800002080000800001800008000010
16002440062160049118003880000108000080000302402326470201600102080000800002080000800001800008000010
16002440062160049118003880000108000080000302402326526121600102080000800002080000800001800008000010
16002440062160049118003880000108000080000302402326526121600102080000800002080000800001800008000010