Apple Microarchitecture Research by Dougall Johnson

M1/A14 P-core (Firestorm): Overview | Base Instructions | SIMD and FP Instructions
M1/A14 E-core (Icestorm):  Overview | Base Instructions | SIMD and FP Instructions

LD1 (multiple, 3 regs, 2S)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  ld1 { v0.2s, v1.2s, v2.2s }, [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): 3.000

Issues: 3.000

Integer unit issues: 0.001

Load/store unit issues: 3.000

SIMD/FP unit issues: 0.000

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)schedule ldst uop (55)dispatch ldst uop (58)simd uops in schedulers (5a)dispatch uop (78)map ldst uop (7d)map ldst uop inputs (80)? int output thing (e9)? ldst retires (ed)
63005319143019130183000900330003000300013000
63004295833001130003000900030003000300013000
63004295583001130003000900030003000300013000
63004295513001130003000900030003000300013000
63004296243001130003000900030003000300013000
63004295963001130003000900030003000300013000
63004295233001130003000900030003000300013000
63004295353001130003000900030003000300013000
63004295813001130003000900030003000300013000
63004295633001130003000900030003000300013000

Test 2: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  ld1 { v0.2s, v1.2s, v2.2s }, [x6]
  ld1 { v0.2s, v1.2s, v2.2s }, [x6]
  ld1 { v0.2s, v1.2s, v2.2s }, [x6]
  ld1 { v0.2s, v1.2s, v2.2s }, [x6]
  ld1 { v0.2s, v1.2s, v2.2s }, [x6]
  ld1 { v0.2s, v1.2s, v2.2s }, [x6]
  ld1 { v0.2s, v1.2s, v2.2s }, [x6]
  ld1 { v0.2s, v1.2s, v2.2s }, [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): 1.5007

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)schedule ldst uop (55)dispatch int uop (56)dispatch ldst uop (58)int uops in schedulers (59)simd uops in schedulers (5a)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map ldst uop (7d)map int uop inputs (7f)map ldst uop inputs (80)? int output thing (e9)? ldst retires (ed)? int retires (ef)
2402051202692401311012400301002400083007772722401082002400122002400681240000100
24020412006524010110124000010024000830019202482401082002400122002400121240000100
24020412006224010510124000410024000830019202482401082002400122002400121240000100
24020412005624010110124000010024000830019202482401082002400122002400121240000100
24020412005624010110124000010024000830019202482401082002400122002400121240000100
24020412005624010110124000010024000830019202482401082002400122002400721240000100
24020412005624010110124000010024000830019202482401082002400122002400121240000100
24020412005624010110124000010024000830019202482401082002400122002400121240000100
24020412005624010110124000010024000830019202482401082002400122002400121240000100
24020412005624010110124000010024000830019202482401082002400122002400121240000100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 1.5007

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)? int output thing (e9)? ldst retires (ed)? int retires (ef)
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240024120051240011110240000100240000301920164024001020240000020240000124000010
240024120051240011110240000100240000301920164024001020240000020240000124000010
240024120051240011110240000100240000301924808024001020240000020240000124000010
240024120051240011110240000100240000301920164024001020240000020240000124000010
240024120051240011110240000100240000301920164024001020240000020240000124000010
240024120051240011110240000100240000301920164024001020240000020240000124000010
240024120051240011110240000100240000301920164024001020240000020240000124000010
240025120109240041110240030100240000301920164024001020240000020240000124000010
240024120446240011110240000100240000301921100024001020240000020240000124000010