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

ST1 (multiple, 2 regs, 8H)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  st1 { v0.8h, v1.8h }, [x6]
  nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop ; nop
  mov x0, 0

(no loop instructions)

1000 unrolls and 1 iteration

Retires (minus 60 nops): 2.000

Issues: 2.000

Integer unit issues: 0.001

Load/store unit issues: 2.000

SIMD/FP unit issues: 0.000

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)schedule ldst uop (55)dispatch ldst uop (58)simd uops in schedulers (5a)dispatch uop (78)map ldst uop (7d)map ldst uop inputs (80)? int output thing (e9)? ldst retires (ed)
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62004294202001120002000800020002000400012000
62004294112001120002000800020002000400012000
62004293862001120002000800020002000400012000
62004294482001120002000800020002000400012000
62004293072001120002000800020002000400012000
62004293062001120002000800020002000400012000
62004293052001120002000800020002000400012000
62004293042001120002000800020002000400012000
62004293062001120002000800020002000400012000

Test 2: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  st1 { v0.8h, v1.8h }, [x6]
  st1 { v0.8h, v1.8h }, [x6]
  st1 { v0.8h, v1.8h }, [x6]
  st1 { v0.8h, v1.8h }, [x6]
  st1 { v0.8h, v1.8h }, [x6]
  st1 { v0.8h, v1.8h }, [x6]
  st1 { v0.8h, v1.8h }, [x6]
  st1 { v0.8h, v1.8h }, [x6]
  mov x7, x6
  mov x8, x6
  mov x9, x6
  mov x10, x6
  mov x11, x6
  mov x12, x6
  mov x13, x6

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 2.0006

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)schedule ldst uop (55)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)map ldst uop inputs (80)? int output thing (e9)? ldst retires (ed)? int retires (ef)
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1602041600471601011011600001001600013002720046016010120016000802003200161160000100
1602041600471601011011600001001600013002720046016010120016000802003200161160000100
1602041600471601011011600001001600013002720046016010120016000802003200161160000100
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1602041600471601011011600001001600013002720046016010120016000802003200161160000100
1602041600471601011011600001001600013002720046016010120016000802003200161160000100
1602041600471601011011600001001600013002720046016010120016000802003200161160000100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 2.0006

retire uop (01)cycle (02)schedule uop (52)schedule int uop (53)schedule ldst uop (55)dispatch int uop (56)dispatch ldst uop (58)int uops in schedulers (59)simd uops in schedulers (5a)dispatch uop (78)map int uop (7c)map ldst uop (7d)map int uop inputs (7f)map ldst uop inputs (80)? int output thing (e9)? ldst retires (ed)? int retires (ef)
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