Apple Microarchitecture Research by Dougall Johnson

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SMAX (vector, 16B)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  smax v0.16b, v0.16b, v1.16b
  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)
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Test 2: Latency 1->2

Code:

  smax v0.16b, v0.16b, v1.16b
  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)
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1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420020008110000100

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)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)
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Test 3: Latency 1->3

Code:

  smax v0.16b, v1.16b, v0.16b
  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)
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1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420020008110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420020008110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420020008110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420020008110000100
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1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420020008110000100
1020420033101011011000010010000300509248101002001000420020008110000100

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)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)
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10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002020000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002020000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002020000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002020000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002020000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002020000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002020000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002020000111000010
10024200331002121100002010000705092481002020100002020000111000010

Test 4: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  smax v0.16b, v8.16b, v9.16b
  smax v1.16b, v8.16b, v9.16b
  smax v2.16b, v8.16b, v9.16b
  smax v3.16b, v8.16b, v9.16b
  smax v4.16b, v8.16b, v9.16b
  smax v5.16b, v8.16b, v9.16b
  smax v6.16b, v8.16b, v9.16b
  smax v7.16b, v8.16b, v9.16b
  movi v8.16b, 9
  movi v9.16b, 10

(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)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 simd uop inputs (81)? int output thing (e9)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)
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80204400348010510180004100800080300032003680108200080012200160024180000100
80204400348010510180004100800080300032003680108200080012200160024180000100
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80204400348010510180004100800080300032003680108200080012200160024180000100
80204400348010510180004100800080300032003680108200080012200160024180000100

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