Apple Microarchitecture Research by Dougall Johnson

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LDUR (64-bit)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  ldur x0, [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)
100511591031110301000811210001000100011000
10045471001110001000811210001000100011000
10045471001110001000811210001000100011000
10045471001110001000811210001000100011000
10045471001110001000811210001000100011000
10045491001110001000811210001000100011000
10045471001110001000811210001000100011000
10045471001110001000811210001000100011000
10045471001110001000811210001000100011000
10045471001110001000811210001000100011000

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

Chain cycles: 3

Code:

  ldur x0, [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 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)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)
402057015040108301070100013013001000318593446939484010630212100046022410004300021000030100
402047004040102301020100003010301000318593926939934010630212100046022410004300021000030100
402047004940103301030100003010301000318593986939684010630212100046022410004300021000030100
402047004240102301020100003010301000318594466940134010630212100046029410017300091000030100
402047004240102301020100003010301000318594466940134010630212100046022410004300021000030100
402047004240102301020100003010301000318596356940864010630212100046022410004300021000030100
402047004240102301020100003010301000318594466940134010630212100046022410004300021000030100
402047004240102301020100003010301000318594466940134010630212100046022410004300021000030100
402047004240102301020100003010301000318594466940134010630212100046030210017300081000030100
402047004240102301020100003010301000318594466940134010630212100046022410004300021000030100

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)
4002570381400183001710001300401000018597066947344001030020100006002010000300031000030010
4002570079400213001910002300451000018596586936744001030020100006002010000300031000030010
4002470049400133001310000300101000018597066947344001030020100006002010000300031000030010
4002470049400133001310000300101000018597066947344001030020100006002010000300031000030010
4002470049400133001310000300101000018597066947344001030020100006002010000300031000030010
4002470113400133001310000300101000018599226948224001030020100006002010000300031000030010
4002470049400133001310000300101000018597066947344001030020100006002010000300031000030010
4002470052400133001310000300101000018597066947344001030020100006002010000300031000030010
4002470049400133001310000300101000018597066947344001030020100006011410017300091000030010
4002470049400133001310000300101000018597066947344001030020100006002010000300031000030010

Test 3: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  ldur x0, [x6, #1]
  ldur x0, [x6, #1]
  ldur x0, [x6, #1]
  ldur x0, [x6, #1]
  ldur x0, [x6, #1]
  ldur x0, [x6, #1]
  ldur x0, [x6, #1]
  ldur x0, [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)
8020540175801271018002610080008300256190801082008001220080012180000100
8020440052801011018000010080008300640070801082008001220080012180000100
8020440045801011018000010080008300640070801082008001220080012180000100
8020440045801011018000010080008300642320801082008001220080012180000100
8020440061801011018000010080008300640214801082008001220080012180000100
8020440045801011018000010080008300640070801082008001220080012180000100
8020440045801011018000010080008300640070801082008001220080012180000100
8020440045801011018000010080008300640070801082008001220080012180000100
8020440045801011018000010080008300640070801082008001220080012180000100
8020540098801381018003710080008300640070801082008001220080012180000100

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)
8002540325800351180024108000830259318800182080012208001218000010
8002440054800151180004108000030640166800102080000208000018000010
8002440050800111180000108000030640166800102080000208000018000010
8002440050800111180000108000030640166800102080000208000018000010
8002440050800111180000108000030640166800102080000208000018000010
8002440050800111180000108000030640166800102080000208000018000010
8002440050800111180000108000030640166800102080000208000018000010
8002440050800111180000108000030640166800102080000208000018000010
8002440050800111180000108000030640166800102080000208000018000010
8002440050800111180000108000030640166800102080000208000018000010