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, uxtw)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  ldrb w0, [x6, w7, uxtw]
  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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10045541001110001000823810001000200011000
10045541001110001000823810001000200011000
10045541001110001000823810001000200011000
10045541001110001000823810001000200011000
10045541001110001000823810001000200011000
10045541001110001000823810001000200011000
10045541001110001000823810001000200011000

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

Chain cycles: 3

Code:

  ldrb w0, [x6, w7, uxtw]
  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): 4.0047

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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4020470047401033010310000301031000318595816940634010630212100046022420008300031000030100
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4020470047401033010310000301031000318595816940634010630212100046022420008300031000030100
4020470047401033010310000301031000318595816940634010630212100046022420008300031000030100

1000 unrolls and 10 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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4002470049400133001310000300101000018597066947344001030020100006002020000300031000030010
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4002470049400133001310000300101000018597066947344001030020100006002020000300031000030010
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Test 3: Latency 1->3 (with chain penalty)

Chain cycles: 3

Code:

  ldrb w0, [x6, w7, uxtw]
  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): 4.0047

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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4020470047401033010310000301031001618598977241694015130251100186022020008300031000030100
4020470047401033010310000301031000318595816940634010630212100046022420008300031000030100
4020470064401033010310000301031000318596086940744010630212100046022420008300031000030100
4020470047401033010310000301031000318595816940634010630212100046022420008300031000030100
4020470047401033010310000301031000318595816940634010630212100046022420008300031000030100
4020470047401033010310000301031000318595816940634010630212100046022420008300031000030100
4020470047401033010310000301031000318595816940634010630212100046022420008300031000030100
4020470047401033010310000301031001518601966942344015030247100176022420008300031000030100
4020470047401033010310000301031000318595816940634010630212100046030220034300101000030100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code, minus 3 chain cycles): 4.0047

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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4002470047400133001310000300101000018604356950334001030020100006002020000300031000030010
4002470048400133001310000300101000018596526947144001030020100006002020000300031000030010
4002470047400133001310000300101000018596526947144001030020100006002020000300031000030010
4002470047400133001310000300101000018596526947144001030020100006002020000300031000030010
4002470047400133001310000300101000018596526947144001030020100006002020000300031000030010
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4002470047400133001310000300101000018596526947144001030020100006002020000300031000030010

Test 4: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  ldrb w0, [x6, w7, uxtw]
  ldrb w0, [x6, w7, uxtw]
  ldrb w0, [x6, w7, uxtw]
  ldrb w0, [x6, w7, uxtw]
  ldrb w0, [x6, w7, uxtw]
  ldrb w0, [x6, w7, uxtw]
  ldrb w0, [x6, w7, uxtw]
  ldrb w0, [x6, w7, uxtw]
  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

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 0.5006

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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