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This year’s ARM TechCon conference in Santa Clara sees ARM disclosing details of its next processor architecture; ARMv8-R.  This eighth-generation ARM architecture is already established as …

I often receive questions such as “How can I render shadows with OpenGL® ES 2.0 without an available depth texture extension?”; “How can I render a simple text with OpenGL ES 2.0?”; or “Simple text rendering…

This content was initially posted 16 July 2013 on blogs.arm.comIn the previous blog post we introduced VIXL - A Dynamic Code Generation Toolkit for ARMv8. This blog post will show you how to use the VIXL…

This content was initially posted 10 July 2013 on blogs.arm.comWe are pleased to announce the release of VIXL, a dynamic code generation toolkit for ARMv8 that we hope will enable JIT creators to rapidly…

In 2011 I attended the ARM Global Engineering Conference, where I saw a presentation about a new algorithm used in texture compression. I expected it to be about colour space conversions and perceptual…

At the Develop 2012 conference in Brighton I gave a talk about how we achieved some of the effects in our brand new (at the time) demo Timbuktu. As I repeated this presentation at a number of developer…

This document describes an approach for rendering shadows in realtime for mobile devices using OpenGL® ES 2.0 which does not support depth texture unless the OES_depth_texture extension is available.

How to get the most out of the memory interface  The choice of DDR memory is a key factor in determining the cost and power of the smartphone. Low cost smartphones typically use a single 32-bit memory…

ARM products in server and networking? Yes, it’s happening and AMBA® 5 CHI is a big part of making that happen. The AMBA 5 CHI protocol enables the latest ARMv8 architecture Cortex®-A50…

ARM® AMBA® 5 CHI Memory Controllers work in concert with AMBA 5 CHI interconnects to provide controls to optimise data flows between many processors and the DDR memory.  In this blog I am going to tell…

ARM Big.LITTLE processing addresses one of today's most significant challenges: extending consumers' always on, always connected mobile experience with both improved performance AND longer battery life…

Following on from two earlier articles (Navigating the Cortex Maze and ARMv6-M vs ARMv7-M - Unpacking the Microcontrollers), you might be interested in a new piece on the ARMv7-A architecture and Cortex…

Recently, I wrote an article called “Navigating the Cortex Maze” (Navigating the Cortex Maze) That was intended as an easy way-in to the ARM processor range, covering Cortex-A (architecture…

Fact: The ARM architecture is the most widely licensed 32-bit embedded instruction set architecture in the industry. That fact makes the ARM Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) incredibly important to…

In the fast-paced technology world we are used to hearing about improvements from one product generation to the next. In the past, we have looked in great detail at the various different metrics used to…

I thought I'd post a short blog post about commonly asked questions on AMBA 4 ACE and system coherency.What does ACE mean?ACE is the "AXI Coherency Extensions" introduced with the AMBA 4 specification…

The Arm Cortex-M story has much depth and warrants some further explanation. You see, it doesn’t end with Armv7-M.

Hi,Just noticed jacobbeningo's excellent post (10 Tips for Maximizing Battery Life)  in Embedded on Maximizing Battery Life. Some really good advice which any designer should take note of. Thanks…

Chinese version 中文版：基准测试移动 GPU 中的浮点精度 - 第 3 部分This blog was originally published on 29th August 2013 on blogs.arm.comWelcome to Part III of my blog series on GPU floating-point quality! This series was…

This blog was originally posted on 11 September 2013 on blogs.arm.comFollowing on from the UEFI 64-bit announcement, I like to announce the release of the ARM® Architecture Reference Manual (commonly known…

Introduction The ARM architecture is 28 years old this year. The ARM1 first ran code on 26th April 1985 at the office of Acorn Computers in Cambridge, UK. Since the formation of ARM (then called “Advanced…