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

MOVI (vector, 4S, msl)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  movi v0.4s, #3, msl #8

(no loop instructions)

1000 unrolls and 1 iteration

Retires: 1.000

Issues: 1.000

Integer unit issues: 0.001

Load/store unit issues: 0.000

SIMD/FP unit issues: 1.000

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)schedule simd uop (54)dispatch simd uop (57)ldst uops in schedulers (5b)dispatch uop (78)map simd uop (7e)? int output thing (e9)? simd retires (ee)
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Test 2: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  movi v0.4s, #3, msl #8
  movi v1.4s, #3, msl #8
  movi v2.4s, #3, msl #8
  movi v3.4s, #3, msl #8
  movi v4.4s, #3, msl #8
  movi v5.4s, #3, msl #8
  movi v6.4s, #3, msl #8
  movi v7.4s, #3, msl #8

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 0.5004

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)schedule simd uop (54)dispatch int uop (56)dispatch simd uop (57)int uops in schedulers (59)ldst uops in schedulers (5b)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map simd uop (7e)map int uop inputs (7f)? int output thing (e9)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)
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80204400348010510180004100800083003200368010820080012200180000100
80204400348010510180004100800083003200368010820080012200180000100
80204400348010510180004100800083003200368010820080012200180000100
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80204400348010510180004100800083003200368010820080012200180000100
80204400348010510180004100800083003200368010820080012200180000100
80204400348010510180004100800083003200368010820080012200180000100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 0.5004

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)schedule simd uop (54)dispatch int uop (56)dispatch simd uop (57)int uops in schedulers (59)ldst uops in schedulers (5b)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map simd uop (7e)map int uop inputs (7f)? int output thing (e9)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)
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