Apple Microarchitecture Research by Dougall Johnson

M1/A14 P-core (Firestorm): Overview | Base Instructions | SIMD and FP Instructions
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SMULL

Test 1: uops

Code:

  smull x0, w0, w1
  mov x0, 1
  mov x1, 2

(no loop instructions)

1000 unrolls and 1 iteration

Retires: 1.000

Issues: 1.000

Integer unit issues: 1.001

Load/store unit issues: 0.000

SIMD/FP unit issues: 0.000

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)dispatch int uop (56)int uops in schedulers (59)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map int uop inputs (7f)? int output thing (e9)? int retires (ef)
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100430301001100110002585610001000200010011000
100430301001100110002585610001000200010011000
100430301001100110002585610001000200010011000
100430301001100110002585610001000200010011000
100430301001100110002585610001000200010011000
100430301001100110002585610001000200010011000
100430301001100110002585610001000200010011000
100430301001100110002585610001000200010011000
100430301001100110002585610001000200010011000

Test 2: Latency 1->2

Code:

  smull x0, w0, w1
  mov x0, 1
  mov x1, 2

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 3.0030

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)dispatch int uop (56)int uops in schedulers (59)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map int uop inputs (7f)? int output thing (e9)? int retires (ef)
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10204300301010110101101002601561010010208202161000110100
10204300301010110101101002601561010010208202161000110100
10204300301010110101101002601561010010208202161000110100
10204300301010110101101002601561010010208202161000110100
10204300301010110101101002601561010010208202161000110100
10204300301010110101101002601561010010208202161000110100
10204300301010110101101002601561010010208202161000110100
10204300301010110101101002601561010010208202161000110100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 3.0030

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)dispatch int uop (56)int uops in schedulers (59)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map int uop inputs (7f)? int output thing (e9)? int retires (ef)
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10024300301002110021100202599161002010020200201001110010
10024300301002110021100202605321008010110200201001110010
10024300301002110021100202599161002010020200201001110010
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10024300301002110021100202602241005010060200201001110010
10024300301002110021100202599161002010020200201001110010
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10024301161003510035100502599161002010020200201001110010
10024300301002110021100202600701003510040200201001110010

Test 3: Latency 1->3

Code:

  smull x0, w1, w0
  mov x0, 1
  mov x1, 2

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 3.0030

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)dispatch int uop (56)int uops in schedulers (59)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map int uop inputs (7f)? int output thing (e9)? int retires (ef)
10204300301010110101101002601441010010206202581000610100
10204300301010110101101002601561010010208202161000110100
10204300301010110101101002601561010010208202161000110100
10204300301010110101101002601561010010208202161000110100
10204300301010110101101002601561010010208202161000110100
10204300301010110101101002601561010010208202161000110100
10204300301010110101101002601561010010208202161000110100
10204300301010110101101002601561010010208202161000110100
10204300301010110101101002601561010010208202161000110100
10204300301010110101101002601561010010208202161000110100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 3.0030

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)dispatch int uop (56)int uops in schedulers (59)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map int uop inputs (7f)? int output thing (e9)? int retires (ef)
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10024300301002110021100202599161002010020200201001110010
10024300301002110021100202599161002010020200841001610010
10024300301002110021100202599161002010020200201001110010
10024300301002110021100202599161002010020200201001110010
10024300301002110021100202599161002010020200201001110010
10024300301002110021100202599161002010020200201001110010
10024300301002110021100202599161002010020200201001110010
10024300301002110021100202599161002010020200201001110010
10024300301002110021100202599161002010020200201001110010

Test 4: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  smull x0, w8, w9
  smull x1, w8, w9
  smull x2, w8, w9
  smull x3, w8, w9
  smull x4, w8, w9
  smull x5, w8, w9
  smull x6, w8, w9
  smull x7, w8, w9
  mov x8, 9
  mov x9, 10

(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)dispatch int uop (56)int uops in schedulers (59)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map int uop inputs (7f)? int output thing (e9)? int retires (ef)
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802058007680120801208012424031580105802121602248000480100
802048003480104801048010524031580105802121602248000480100
802058006680122801228012624031580105802121602208000480100
802058007680120801208012424031580105802121602248000480100
802048003480104801048010524031580105802121602728002080100
802048003480104801048010524031580105802121602248000480100
802048003480104801048010524031580105802121602248000480100
802048003480104801048010524031580105802121602248000480100
802048003480104801048010524036980124802361602248000480100

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)dispatch int uop (56)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)? int output thing (e9)? int retires (ef)
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80024800328002180021800200240060008002080020001600908003180010
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