Apple Microarchitecture Research by Dougall Johnson

M1/A14 P-core (Firestorm): Overview | Base Instructions | SIMD and FP Instructions
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SQSHRUN (8H)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  sqshrun v0.8b, 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)
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1004303310011100010007590510001000100011000
1004303310011100010007590510001000100011000
1004303310011100010007590510001000100011000
1004303310011100010007590510001000100011000
1004303310011100010007590510001000100011000
1004303310011100010007590510001000100011000
1004303310011100010007590510001000100011000
1004303310011100010007590510001000100011000
1004303310011100010007590510001000100011000

Test 2: Latency 1->2

Code:

  sqshrun v0.8b, 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): 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
1020430033101011011000010010000300768905101002001000420010048110000100
1020430033101011011000010010000300768905101002001000420010004110000100
1020530066101091031000610210031300768905101002001000420010004110000100
1020430033101011011000010010000300768905101002001000420010004110000100
1020430033101011011000010010000300768905101002001000420010004110000100
1020430033101011011000010010000300768905101002001000420010004110000100
1020430033101011011000010010000300768905101002001000420010004110000100
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)
10024300841002921100082010033707689051002020100062010000111000010
10024300331002121100002010000707689051002020100002010000111000010
10024300331002121100002010000707689051002020100042010000111000010
10024300331002121100002010000657689051002020100002010000111000010
10024300331002121100002010000667694511005320100392010000111000010
10024300331002121100002010000707689051002020100002010000111000010
10024300331002121100002010000707689051002020100002010000111000010
10024300331002121100002010000707689051002020100002010000111000010
10024300331002121100002010000707689051002020100002010000111000010
10024300331002121100002010000707689051002020100002010000111000010

Test 3: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  sqshrun v0.8b, v8.8h, #3
  sqshrun v1.8b, v8.8h, #3
  sqshrun v2.8b, v8.8h, #3
  sqshrun v3.8b, v8.8h, #3
  sqshrun v4.8b, v8.8h, #3
  sqshrun v5.8b, v8.8h, #3
  sqshrun v6.8b, v8.8h, #3
  sqshrun v7.8b, 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)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)
8020540090801411018004001008005230032003680108200800122000800121080000100
8020440035801051018000401008000830032003680108200800122000800121080000100
8020540070801431018004201008005430032003680108200800122000800121080000100
8020440035801051018000401008000830032003680108200800122000800121080000100
8020440035801051018000401008000830032003680108200800122000800121080000100
8020440035801051018000401008000830032003680108200800122000800121080000100
8020440035801051018000401008000830032003680108200800122000800121080000100
8020540070801411018004001008005230032003680108200800122000800121080000100
8020440035801051018000401008000830032003680108200800122000800121080000100
8020440035801051018000401008000830032003680108200800122000800121080000100

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)
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80024400358002121800002080000703200008002020800002080000118000010
80024400358002121800002080000703200008002020800002080000118000010
80024400358002121800002080000703200008002020800002080000118000010
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