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

STRH (register)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  strh w0, [x6, x7]
  mov x0, 0
  mov x7, 8

(no loop instructions)

1000 unrolls and 1 iteration

Retires: 1.000

Issues: 1.000

Integer unit issues: 0.001

Load/store unit issues: 1.000

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)
1005115610191101810001688310001000300011000
1004103910011100010001695510001000300011000
1004103910011100010001688310001000300011000
1004103910011100010001688310001000300011000
1004103910011100010001688310001000300011000
1004103910011100010001688310001000300011000
1004103910011100010001688310001000300011000
1004103910011100010001688310001000300011000
1004103910011100010001688310001000300011000
1004103910011100010001688310001000300011000

Test 2: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  strh w0, [x6, x7]
  strh w0, [x6, x7]
  strh w0, [x6, x7]
  strh w0, [x6, x7]
  strh w0, [x6, x7]
  strh w0, [x6, x7]
  strh w0, [x6, x7]
  strh w0, [x6, x7]
  mov x7, 8

(fused SUBS/B.cc loop)

100 unrolls and 100 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 1.0005

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)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)
80206801878013610108003510008000130013599748010120080008200240024180000100
80204800478010110108000010008000130013598868010120080008200240024180000100
80204800398010110108000010008000130013598868010120080008200240024180000100
80204800398010110108000010008000130013598868010120080008200240024180000100
80204800398010110108000010008000130013598868010120080008200240024180000100
80204800398010110108000010008000130013598868010120080008200240024180000100
80204800398010110108000010008000130013598868010120080008200240024180000100
80205800768011810108001710008000130013598868010120080008200240024180000100
80204800398010110108000010008000130013598868010120080008200240024180000100
80204800398010110108000010008000130013598868010120080008200240024180000100

1000 unrolls and 10 iterations

Result (median cycles for code divided by count): 1.0006

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)
800258015180029118001810800013013599748001120800082024000018000010
800248004580011118000010800003013600078001020800002024000018000010
800248004580011118000010800003013600078001020800002024000018000010
800248004580011118000010800003013600078001020800002024000018000010
800248004580011118000010800003013600078001020800002024000018000010
800248004580011118000010800003013600078001020800002024000018000010
800248004580011118000010800003013600078001020800002024000018000010
800248004580011118000010800003013600078001020800002024000018000010
800248004580011118000010800003013600078001020800002024000018000010
800248004580011118000010800003013600078001020800002024000018000010