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

SCVTF (scalar, fixed-point, H from W)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  scvtf h0, w0, #3
  mov x0, 1
  mov x1, 2

(no loop instructions)

1000 unrolls and 1 iteration

Retires: 2.000

Issues: 2.000

Integer unit issues: 0.001

Load/store unit issues: 1.000

SIMD/FP unit issues: 1.000

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)schedule simd uop (54)schedule ldst uop (55)dispatch simd uop (57)dispatch ldst uop (58)simd uops in schedulers (5a)ldst uops in schedulers (5b)dispatch uop (78)map ldst uop (7d)map simd uop (7e)map ldst uop inputs (80)map simd uop inputs (81)? int output thing (e9)? ldst retires (ed)? simd retires (ee)
20045862001110001000100010003000800020001000100010001000110001000
20045402001110001000100010003000800020001000100010001000110001000
20045402001110001000100010003000800020001000100010001000110001000
20045372001110001000100010003000800020001000100010001000110001000
20045372001110001000100010003000800020001000100010001000110001000
20045372001110001000100010003000800020001000100010001000110001000
20045372001110001000100010003000800020001000100010001000110001000
20045372001110001000100010003000800020001000100010001000110001000
20045372001110001000100010003000800020001000100010001000110001000
20045372001110001000100010003000800020001000100010001000110001000

Test 2: Latency 1->2 roundtrip

Code:

  scvtf h0, w0, #3
  fmov x0, d0
  mov x0, 1
  mov x1, 2

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 10.0031

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)ldst uops in schedulers (5b)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map ldst uop (7d)map simd uop (7e)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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3020410003040101101012000010000100200001000030015462062578316301002001000220002200100212003910003100001000010100
3020410003040101101012000010000100200001000030015461742578264301002001000220002200100022000210001100001000010100
3020410003040101101012000010000100200001000030015461742578264301002001000220002200100022000210001100001000010100
3020410003040101101012000010000100200001000030015461742578264301002001000220002200100022000210001100001000010100
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3020410003340101101012000010000100200001000030015462382578368301002001000220002200100022000210001100001000010100
3020410003040101101012000010000100200001000030015461742578264301002001000220002200100022000210001100001000010100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 10.0030

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)ldst uops in schedulers (5b)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map ldst uop (7d)map simd uop (7e)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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300241000304001110011200001000010200001000030154617425782643001020100002000020100002000010001100001000010010
300241000304001110011200001000010200001000030154617425782643001020100002000020100002000010001100001000010010
300241000304001110011200001000010200001000030154617425782643001020100002000020100002000010001100001000010010
300241000304001110011200001000010200001000030154617425782643001020100002000020100002000010001100001000010010
300241000304001110011200001000010200001000030154617425782643001020100002000020100002000010001100001000010010
300241000504001110011200001000010200001000030154617425782643001020100002000020100182003510003100001000010010
300241000384001110011200001000010200001000030154628925784463001020100002000020100002000010001100001000010010
300241002074003010016200091000510200591000030154617425782643001020100002000020100372007210006100001000010010
300241002134003110017200101000410200581001730154638425786173005620100212003920100002000010001100001000010010

Test 3: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  scvtf h0, w8, #3
  scvtf h1, w8, #3
  scvtf h2, w8, #3
  scvtf h3, w8, #3
  scvtf h4, w8, #3
  scvtf h5, w8, #3
  scvtf h6, w8, #3
  scvtf h7, w8, #3
  mov x8, 9

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 0.5011

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)ldst uops in schedulers (5b)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map ldst uop (7d)map simd uop (7e)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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16020440175160115101800068000810080012800123002420396436711601242008001280012200800128001218000080000100
16020440106160115101800068000810080012800123002400366400801601242008001280012200800128001218000080000100
16020440090160115101800068000810080012800123002400366400801601242008001280012200800128001218000080000100
16020440090160115101800068000810080012800123002400366400801601242008001280012200800548005418000080000100
16020440166160115101800068000810080012800123002400366400801601242008001280012200800128001218000080000100
16020440093160115101800068000810080012800123002400366400801601242008001280012200800128001218000080000100
16020440090160115101800068000810080012800123002400366400801601242008001280012200800128001218000080000100
16020440090160115101800068000810080012800123002400366400801601242008001280012200800128001218000080000100
16020440090160115101800068000810080012800123002400366400801601242008001280012200800128001218000080000100

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 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)ldst uops in schedulers (5b)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map ldst uop (7d)map simd uop (7e)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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