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

LDRB (register, sxtw)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  ldrb w0, [x6, w7, sxtw]
  mov x7, #4
  mov x8, 0

(no loop instructions)

1000 unrolls and 1 iteration

Retires: 1.000

Issues: 1.000

Integer unit issues: 0.001

Load/store unit issues: 1.000

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)
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10045431001110001000804010001000200011000
10045431001110001000804010001000200011000
10045431001110001000804010001000200011000
10045501001110001000804010001000200011000
10045431001110001000804010001000200011000
10045431001110001000804010001000200011000
10045431001110001000804010001000200011000
10045431001110001000804010001000200011000

Test 2: Latency 1->2 (with chain penalty)

Chain cycles: 3

Code:

  ldrb w0, [x6, w7, sxtw]
  eor x8, x8, x0
  eor x8, x8, x0
  add x6, x6, x8
  mov x7, #4
  mov x8, 0

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code, minus 3 chain cycles): 4.0049

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)
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4020470049401033010310000301031000318596356940834010630212100046022420008300031000030100
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4020470049401033010310000301031000318596356940834010630212100046022420008300031000030100
4020470049401033010310000301031000318596356940834010630212100046022420008300031000030100
4020470049401033010310000301031000318596356940834010630212100046022420008300031000030100
4020470049401033010310000301031000318596356940834010630212100046022420008300031000030100
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4020470049401033010310000301031000318596356940834010630212100046022420008300031000030100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code, minus 3 chain cycles): 4.0042

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)
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4002470042400123001210000300101000018595176946644001030020100006002020000300021000030010
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4002470042400123001210000300101000018595176946644001030020100006002020000300021000030010
4002470042400123001210000300101000018595176946644001030020100006002020000300021000030010
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Test 3: Latency 1->3 (with chain penalty)

Chain cycles: 3

Code:

  ldrb w0, [x6, w7, sxtw]
  eor x8, x8, x0
  eor x8, x8, x0
  add x7, x7, x8
  mov x7, #4
  mov x8, 0

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code, minus 3 chain cycles): 4.0042

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)
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4020470040401023010210000301031000318593926939934010630212100046022420008300021000030100
4020470042401023010210000301031000318594196940034010630212100046022420008300021000030100
4020470040401023010210000301031000318593926939934010630212100046022420008300021000030100
4020470040401023010210000301031000318593926939934010630212100046022420008300021000030100
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4020470040401023010210000301031000318593926939934010630212100046022420008300021000030100
4020470040401023010210000301031000318593926939934010630212100046022420008300021000030100
4020470040401023010210000301031000318593926939934010630212100046022420008300021000030100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code, minus 3 chain cycles): 4.0042

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)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)
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40024700424001230012100003001010000185951769466440010300201000060020200003000210000030010
40024700424001230012100003001010000185951769466440010300201000060020200003000210000030010
40024700424001230012100003001010000185951769466440010300201000060020200003000210000030010
40025700724002030018100023004510000185951769466440010300201000060020200003000210000030010
40024700424001230012100003001010000185951769466440010300201000060020200003000210000030010
40024700424001230012100003001010000185951769466440010300201000060020200003000210000030010
40024700424001230012100003001010000185951769466440010300201000060020200003000210000030010
40024700454001230012100003001010000185951769466440010300201000060020200003000210000030010
40024700424001230012100003001010000185951769466440010300201000060020200003000210000030010

Test 4: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  ldrb w0, [x6, w7, sxtw]
  ldrb w0, [x6, w7, sxtw]
  ldrb w0, [x6, w7, sxtw]
  ldrb w0, [x6, w7, sxtw]
  ldrb w0, [x6, w7, sxtw]
  ldrb w0, [x6, w7, sxtw]
  ldrb w0, [x6, w7, sxtw]
  ldrb w0, [x6, w7, sxtw]
  mov x7, 8

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 0.5007

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)
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80204400568010110180000100800083006402688010820080012200160024180000100
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80204400568010110180000100800083006402688010820080012200160024180000100
80204400568010110180000100800083006402688010820080012200160024180000100
80204400568010110180000100800083006402688010820080012200160024180000100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 0.5007

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)
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