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=== Block Diagram ===
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==== Individual Core ====
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[[File:m4 block diagram.svg|900px]]
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=== Memory Hierarchy ===
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* Cache
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** L1I Cache
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*** 64 KiB, 4-way set associative
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**** 128 B line size
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**** per core
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*** Parity-protected
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** L1D Cache
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*** 64 KiB, 8-way set associative
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**** 64 B line size
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**** per core
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*** 4 cycles for fastest load-to-use
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*** 32 B/cycle load bandwidth
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*** 16 B/cycle store bandwidth
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** L2 Cache
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*** 512 KiB, 8-way set associative
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*** Inclusive of L1
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*** 12 cycles latency
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*** 32 B/cycle bandwidth
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** L3 Cache
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*** 4 MiB, 16-way set associative
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**** 1 MiB slice/core
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*** Exlusive of L2
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*** ~37-cycle typical (NUCA)
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** BIU
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*** 80 outstanding transactions
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Mongoose 1 TLB consists of dedicated L1 TLB for instruction cache (ITLB) and another one for data cache (DTLB). Additionally, there is a unified L2 TLB (STLB).
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* TLBs
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** ITLB
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*** 512-entry
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** DTLB
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*** 32-entry
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*** 512-entry Mid-level DTLB
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** STLB
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*** 4,096-entry
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*** Per core
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* BPU
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** 4K-entry main BTB
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** 128-entry µBTB
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** 64-entry return stack
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** 16K-entry L2 BTB
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== Core ==
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The core of the M4 is largely the same as {{\\|M3}}.
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=== Execution engine ===
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==== Floating-point cluster ====
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==== Memory subsystem ====
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Mongoose 4 µarch
General Info
Arch TypeCPU
DesignerSamsung
ManufacturerSamsung
Introduction2018
Process8 nm
Instructions
ISAARMv8
Succession

Exynos Mongoose 4 (M4) is the successor to the Mongoose 3, an 8 nm ARM microarchitecture designed by Samsung for their consumer electronics.

Process Technology

The M4 is fabricated on Samsung's 8 nm process (8LPP).

Compiler support

Compiler Arch-Specific Arch-Favorable
GCC -mcpu=exynos-m4 -mtune=exynos-m4
LLVM -mcpu=exynos-m4 -mtune=exynos-m4


Architecture

The M4 is an incremental microarchitecture that brought a die shrink and minor enhancements.

Key changes from M3

  • 8 nm process (from 10 nm)
  • ARMv8.2 (from ARMv8)
    • Support for full FP16 scalar extension
    • Suppot for integer dot product extension
  • Front end
  • Back end
    • LSU reorganized
    • Floating-point execution units reorganized

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Block Diagram

Individual Core

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Memory Hierarchy

  • Cache
    • L1I Cache
      • 64 KiB, 4-way set associative
        • 128 B line size
        • per core
      • Parity-protected
    • L1D Cache
      • 64 KiB, 8-way set associative
        • 64 B line size
        • per core
      • 4 cycles for fastest load-to-use
      • 32 B/cycle load bandwidth
      • 16 B/cycle store bandwidth
    • L2 Cache
      • 512 KiB, 8-way set associative
      • Inclusive of L1
      • 12 cycles latency
      • 32 B/cycle bandwidth
    • L3 Cache
      • 4 MiB, 16-way set associative
        • 1 MiB slice/core
      • Exlusive of L2
      • ~37-cycle typical (NUCA)
    • BIU
      • 80 outstanding transactions

Mongoose 1 TLB consists of dedicated L1 TLB for instruction cache (ITLB) and another one for data cache (DTLB). Additionally, there is a unified L2 TLB (STLB).

  • TLBs
    • ITLB
      • 512-entry
    • DTLB
      • 32-entry
      • 512-entry Mid-level DTLB
    • STLB
      • 4,096-entry
      • Per core
  • BPU
    • 4K-entry main BTB
    • 128-entry µBTB
    • 64-entry return stack
    • 16K-entry L2 BTB

Core

The core of the M4 is largely the same as M3.

Execution engine

Floating-point cluster

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Memory subsystem

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codenameMongoose 4 +
designerSamsung +
first launched2018 +
full page namesamsung/microarchitectures/m4 +
instance ofmicroarchitecture +
instruction set architectureARMv8 +
manufacturerSamsung +
microarchitecture typeCPU +
nameMongoose 4 +
process8 nm (0.008 μm, 8.0e-6 mm) +