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

SHL (vector, 8H)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  shl v0.8h, v0.8h, #3
  movi v0.16b, 1
  movi v1.16b, 2

(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)map simd uop inputs (81)? int output thing (e9)? simd retires (ee)
1004203310011100010005024810001000100011000
1004203310011100010005024810001000100011000
1004203310011100010005024810001000100011000
1004203310011100010005024810001000100011000
1004203310011100010005024810001000100011000
1004203310011100010005024810001000100011000
1004203310011100010005024810001000100011000
1004203310011100010005024810001000100011000
1004203310011100010005024810001000100011000
1004203310011100010005024810001000100011000

Test 2: Latency 1->2

Code:

  shl v0.8h, v0.8h, #3
  movi v0.16b, 1
  movi v1.16b, 2

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 2.0033

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)map simd uop inputs (81)? int output thing (e9)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000620010004110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000620010004110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420010004110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420010004110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420010004110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000307509580101362021005020010004110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420010004110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420010004110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420010004110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420010004110000100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 2.0033

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)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)map ldst uop inputs (80)map simd uop inputs (81)? int output thing (e9)? ldst retires (ed)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)
10024200331002121100000201000070509247100202010006200100001101000010
10024200331002121100000201000070509248100202010000200100001101000010
10024200331002121100000201000070509248100202010000200100001101000010
10024200331002121100000201000070509248100202010000200100001101000010
10024200331002121100000201000070509248100202010000200100001101000010
10024200331002121100000201000070509248100202010000200100001101000010
10024200331002121100000201000070509248100202010000200100001101000010
10024200331002121100000201000070509248100202010000200100001101000010
10024200331002121100000201000070509248100202010000200100001101000010
10024200331002121100000201000070509248100202010000200100001101000010

Test 3: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  shl v0.8h, v8.8h, #3
  shl v1.8h, v8.8h, #3
  shl v2.8h, v8.8h, #3
  shl v3.8h, v8.8h, #3
  shl v4.8h, v8.8h, #3
  shl v5.8h, v8.8h, #3
  shl v6.8h, v8.8h, #3
  shl v7.8h, v8.8h, #3
  movi v8.16b, 9

(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)map simd uop inputs (81)? int output thing (e9)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)
8020540178801391018003810080050300320044801102008001420080012180000100
8020540068801391018003810080050300320036801082008001220080012180000100
8020440034801071018000610080010300320036801082008001220080012180000100
8020440034801051018000410080008300320200801522008006220080012180000100
8020440034801071018000610080010300320036801082008001220080012180000100
8020440034801051018000410080008300320036801082008001220080012180000100
8020440034801051018000410080008300320036801082008001220080012180000100
8020440034801051018000410080008300320036801082008001220080012180000100
8020440034801051018000410080008300320036801082008001220080012180000100
8020440034801051018000410080008300320036801082008001220080012180000100

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)map simd uop inputs (81)? int output thing (e9)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)
8002440171800151180004108000830320000800102080000208000018000010
8002440034800111180000108000030320000800102080000208000018000010
8002440034800111180000108000030320000800102080000208000018000010
8002440034800111180000108000030320000800102080000208000018000010
8002440034800111180000108000030320000800102080000208000018000010
8002440034800111180000108000030320000800102080000208000018000010
8002440034800111180000108000030320000800102080000208000018000010
8002440034800111180000108000030320000800102080000208000018000010
8002440034800111180000108000030320000800102080000208000018000010
8002440034800111180000108000030320000800102080000208000018000010