Apple Microarchitecture Research by Dougall Johnson

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UCVTF (vector, fixed-point, 4H from 4H)

Test 1: uops

Code:

  ucvtf v0.4h, v0.4h, #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:

  ucvtf v0.4h, v0.4h, #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)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 simd uop inputs (81)? int output thing (e9)? simd retires (ee)? int retires (ef)
10204300331010110110000010010000300768905101002001000620010006110000100
10204300331010110110000010010000300768905101002001000420010004110000100
10204300331010110110000010010000300768905101002001000420010004110000100
10204300331010110110000010010000300768905101002001000420010004110000100
10204300331010110110000010010000300768905101002001000420010004110000100
10204300331010110110000010010000300768905101002001000420010004110000100
10204300331010110110000010010000300768905101002001000420010004110000100
10204300331010110110000010010000300768905101002001000420010004110000100
10204300331010110110000010010000300769451101332001004820010004110000100
10204300331010110110000010010000300768905101002001000420010004110000100

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)
10024300331002121100002010000707689051002020100002010000111000010
10024300331002121100002010000707689051002020100002010000111000010
10024300331002121100002010000707689051002020100002010000111000010
10024300331002121100002010000707689051002020100002010000111000010
10024300331002121100002010000707689051002020100002010000111000010
10024300331002121100002010000707689051002020100002010000111000010
10024300331002121100002010000707689051002020100002010000111000010
10024300331002121100002010000707689051002020100002010000111000010
10024300331002121100002010000707689051002020100002010000111000010
10024300331002121100002010000707689051002020100002010000111000010

Test 3: throughput

Count: 8

Code:

  ucvtf v0.4h, v8.4h, #3
  ucvtf v1.4h, v8.4h, #3
  ucvtf v2.4h, v8.4h, #3
  ucvtf v3.4h, v8.4h, #3
  ucvtf v4.4h, v8.4h, #3
  ucvtf v5.4h, v8.4h, #3
  ucvtf v6.4h, v8.4h, #3
  ucvtf v7.4h, v8.4h, #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)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)
802044007580105101800041008000830032003680108200800122000800641080000100
8020440044801051018000410080008300320044801102008001422118006011180000111
802044003580105101800041008000830032003680108200800122000800121080000100
802044003580105101800041008000830032003680108200800122000800121080000100
802044003580105101800041008000830032003680108200800122000800121080000100
802044003580105101800041008000830032003680108200800122000800121080000100
802044003580105101800041008000830032003680108200800122000800121080000100
802044003580105101800041008000830032003680108200800122000800121080000100
802044003580105101800041008000830032003680108200800122000800121080000100
802044003580105101800041008000830032003680108200800122000800121080000100

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)
80024401528002921800082080012703200448003020800162080000118000010
80024400358002121800002080000703200008002020800002080000118000010
80024400358002121800002080000703200008002020800002080000118000010
80024400358002121800002080000703200008002020800002080065118000010
80024400358002121800002080000703200008002020800002080000118000010
80024400358002121800002080000703200008002020800002080000118000010
80024400358002121800002080000703200008002020800002080000118000010
80024400358002121800002080000703200008002020800002080000118000010
80024400358002121800002080000703200008002020800002080000118000010
80024400358002121800002080000703200008002020800002080000118000010