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

LDURB

Test 1: uops

Code:

  ldurb w0, [x6, #1]
  mov x0, 1
  mov x1, 2
  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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10045471001110001000811210001000100011000
10045471001110001000811210001000100011000
10045471001110001000811210001000100011000
10045471001110001000811210001000100011000
10045471001110001000811210001000100011000
10045471001110001000811210001000100011000
10045471001110001000811210001000100011000
10045471001110001000811210001000100011000

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

Chain cycles: 3

Code:

  ldurb w0, [x6, #1]
  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): 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)
4020570154401083010710001301301000318595816940634010630212100046029410017300091000030100
4020470047401033010310000301031000318593926939934010630212100046022410004300021000030100
4020470040401023010210000301031000318593926939934010630212100046022410004300021000030100
4020470041401023010210000301031001518597376941064015030247100176022410004300031000030100
4020470132401043010410000301031000318593986939684010630212100046022410004300021000030100
4020470042401023010210000301031000318594466940134010630212100046022410004300021000030100
4020470042401023010210000301031000318594466940134010630212100046022410004300021000030100
4020470042401023010210000301031000318594466940134010630212100046022410004300021000030100
4020470042401023010210000301031000318594466940134010630212100046022410004300021000030100
4020470042401023010210000301031000318594466940134010630212100046022410004300021000030100

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)map simd uop inputs (81)? int output thing (e9)? ldst retires (ed)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)
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400247004740013300131000030010100001859652694714400103002010000600201000003000310000030010
400247004740013300131000030010100001859652694714400103002010000600201000003000310000030010
400247004740013300131000030010100151860016694855400603007110017600201000003000310000030010
400247004740013300131000030010100151861672695527400603007110017600201000003000310000030010
400247005440013300131000030010100001859652694714400103002010000600201000003000310000030010
400247005040013300131000030010100001859679694725400103002010000600201000003000310000030010
400247004740013300131000030010100001859652694714400103002010000600201000003000310000030010
400247004740013300131000030010100001859652694714400103002010000600201000003000310000030010
400247004740013300131000030010100001859652694714400103002010000600201000003000310000030010

Test 3: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  ldurb w0, [x6, #1]
  ldurb w0, [x6, #1]
  ldurb w0, [x6, #1]
  ldurb w0, [x6, #1]
  ldurb w0, [x6, #1]
  ldurb w0, [x6, #1]
  ldurb w0, [x6, #1]
  ldurb w0, [x6, #1]
  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): 0.5006

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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8020440066801011018000010080056307389584801582028006720080012180000100
8020440177801311018003010080059300640828801592008007120080012180000100
8020440053801011018000010080008300640286801082008001220080012180000100
8020440045801011018000010080008300640070801082008001220080012180000100
8020440045801011018000010080008300640070801082008001220080012180000100
8020440045801011018000010080008300640070801082008001220080012180000100
8020440045801011018000010080008300640070801082008001220080012180000100
8020440045801011018000010080008300640070801082008001220080012180000100
8020440045801011018000010080008300640070801082008001220080012180000100

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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8002440102800111180000108019230584264802022080228208000018000010
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8002440050800111180000108000030641912800102080000208000018000010
8002440071800111180000108000030640310800102080000208000018000010
8002440050800111180000108000030640166800102080000208000018000010
8002440050800111180000108000030640166800102080000208000018000010
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