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

SMOV (H to X)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  smov x0, v0.h[1]
  mov x0, 1
  mov x1, 2

(no loop instructions)

1000 unrolls and 1 iteration

Retires: 1.000

Issues: 2.000

Integer unit issues: 1.001

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)? int retires (ef)
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100410342001100110001000400010001000100010011000
100410342001100110001000400010001000100010011000
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100410342001100110001000400010001000100010011000
100410342001100110001000400010001000100010011000
100410342001100110001000400010001000100010011000
100410342001100110001000400010001000100010011000
100410342001100110001000400010001000100010011000

Test 2: Latency 1->2 roundtrip

Code:

  smov x0, v0.h[1]
  fmov d0, x0
  mov x0, 1
  mov x1, 2

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 7.0032

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)? int retires (ef)
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202047018830101101011000010000100100001000030012494448997842010020010002100022001000210002100011000010100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 7.0032

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)? int retires (ef)
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20024700393001110011100001000010100001000030124886889936820010201000010000201000010000100011000010010
20024700323001110011100001000010100001000030124886889936820010201000010000201000010000100011000010010
20024700323001110011100001000010100001000030124886889936820010201000010000201000010000100011000010010
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20024700323001110011100001000010100001000030124886889936820010201000010000201000010000100011000010010

Test 3: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  smov x0, v8.h[1]
  smov x1, v8.h[1]
  smov x2, v8.h[1]
  smov x3, v8.h[1]
  smov x4, v8.h[1]
  smov x5, v8.h[1]
  smov x6, v8.h[1]
  smov x7, v8.h[1]
  mov x8, 9

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 1.0004

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)? int retires (ef)
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80204800341601018010180000100800013003200058010120080008200800088000180100
80204800341601018010180000100800013003200058010120080008200800088000180100
80204800341601018010180000100800013003200058010120080008200800088000180100
80204800341601018010180000100800013003200058010120080008200800088000180100
80204800341601018010180000100800013003200058010120080008200800088000180100
80204800341601018010180000100800013003200058010120080008200800088000180100
80205800681601328011580017100800223003200058010120080008200800088000180100
80204800341601018010180000100800013003200058010120080008200800088000180100
80204800341601018010180000100800013003200058010120080008200800088000180100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 1.0004

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)? int retires (ef)
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