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

SQSHRN (4S)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  sqshrn v0.4h, v0.4s, #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)
1004303310011100010007590510001000100011000
1004303310011100010007590510001000100011000
1004303310011100010007590510001000100011000
1004303310011100010007590510001000100011000
1004303310011100010007590510001000100011000
1004303310011100010007590510001000100011000
1004303310011100010007590510001000100011000
1004303310011100010007590510001000100011000
1004303310011100010007590510001000100011000
1004303310011100010007590510001000100011000

Test 2: Latency 1->2

Code:

  sqshrn v0.4h, v0.4s, #3
  movi v0.16b, 1
  movi v1.16b, 2

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 3.0033

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)
1020430033101011011000010010000300768905101002001000620010006110000100
1020430033101011011000010010000300768905101002001000420010004110000100
1020430033101011011000010010000300768905101002001000420010004110000100
1020430033101011011000010010000307769247101332021004620010004110000100
1020430033101011011000010010000300768905101002001000420010004110000100
1020430033101011011000010010000300768905101002001000420010044110000100
1020430033101011011000010010000300768905101002001000420010005110000100
1020430033101011011000010010000300768905101002001000620010004110000100
1020430033101011011000010010000300768905101002001000420010004110000100
1020430033101011011000010010000300768905101002001000420010004110000100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code): 3.0033

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)
10024300331002121100002010000707689051002020100042010000111000010
10024300331002121100002010000707689051002020100002010000111000010
10024300331002121100002010000707689051002020100002010000111000010
10024300331002121100002010000707689051002020100002010000111000010
10024300331002121100002010000707689051002020100002010000111000010
10024300331002121100002010000707689051002020100002010000111000010
10024300331002121100002010000707689051002020100002010000111000010
10024300331002121100002010000707689051002020100002010000111000010
10024300331002121100002010000707689051002020100002010000111000010
10024300331002121100002010000707689051002020100002010000111000010

Test 3: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  sqshrn v0.4h, v8.4s, #3
  sqshrn v1.4h, v8.4s, #3
  sqshrn v2.4h, v8.4s, #3
  sqshrn v3.4h, v8.4s, #3
  sqshrn v4.4h, v8.4s, #3
  sqshrn v5.4h, v8.4s, #3
  sqshrn v6.4h, v8.4s, #3
  sqshrn v7.4h, v8.4s, #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)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)
8020440037801051018000410080008030003200368010820008001220080012180000100
8020440035801071018000610080010030003200368010820008001220080012180000100
8020440035801051018000410080008030003200368010820008001220080012180000100
8020540070801411018004010080052030003200448011020008001420080012180000100
8020440035801051018000410080008030003200368010820008001220080014180000100
8020540079801411018004010080052030003200368010820008001220080014180000100
8020440035801051018000410080008030003200368010820008001220080012180000100
8020440035801051018000410080008030003200368010820008001220080012180000100
8020440035801051018000410080008409216216410868911646237623722850462857720080012180000100
8020440035801051018000410080008030003200368010820008001220080012180000100

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 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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8002440035800212180000208000070320000800202080000200800001108000010
8002440035800212180000208000070320212800752080067200800001108000010
8002440035800212180000208000070320000800202080000200800001108000010
8002440035800212180000208000070320000800202080000200800001108000010
8002440035800212180000208000070320000800202080000200800001108000010
8002440035800212180000208000070320000800202080000200800001108000010
8002440035800212180000208000070320000800202080000200800001108000010
8002440035800212180000208000070320000800202080000200800001108000010