Architectures and Processors blog

Looking back at the continuously evolving smartphone market, it is amazing to note the role that the ARM Cortex-A7 core has played.Previously the processor which initiated the uptake of multicore processing…

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In the recent ARM Connected Community event Interview and Question Time with Joseph Yiucommunity member Gopal Amlekar asked the following question:"How are ARM processors and especially the Cortex-M processors…

"The Future Direction of the ARM Cortex-M Processor Family" Below are the slides from an ARM TechCon 2014 presentation by ianjohnson, Senior Product Manager at ARM, that goes in depth about…

This post is designed as a tutorial in how to write assembly code for the Cortex-M series.

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To allow the ARM ecosystem to manage the next stage of its evolution, ARM is introducing a set of small scale enhancements known as ARMv8.1-A.

It is difficult to summarize 20 years of development of the AMBA architecture, and I hope this short blog provides a simple overview of its function as well as a brief summary of the architecture's history…

Chinese version 中文版： 人物专访：如何解决 IP 集成问题I recently had the opportunity to sit down with David Murray and talk about the current state of affairs for IP integration in the context of building systems. For…

Freescale Semiconductor, a global leader in embedded processing solutions, has released two Layerscape architecture (LS) SoCs based on the ARMv8 64-bit architecture that Freescale describes as “delivering…

The ARM Cortex-M Processor Series have a number of built-in features that can enable software developers to create reliable systems. For example, the Memory Protection Unit (MPU), shadow stack pointer…

Software-defined networking (SDN) was one of the hot new technologies in 2013, as industry experts wanted to talk about its potential to revolutionize data processing. Not only that, but companies were…

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There is a need for more efficient, optimized solutions from edge to core. Arm Cortex A-Series processors with CoreLink System IP provide a common architecture across the spectrum.

George Santayana first proclaimed “Those who do not heed history are doomed to repeat it” over a hundred years ago, and it remains highly relevant today to those who are tackling the issue of developing…

Let me be the first one to put my hand up and say it: it took me a while to wrap my head around IP. I am a relative newcomer to this industry, having studied business in university instead of engineering…

Last week I attended ARM TechCon in Santa Clara and one of the topics covered sparked my interest for this blog – wearables.Did you know that Wearable Technology represents the fastest growing device segment…

Cortex-M3 and later have a CLZ instruction which counts leading zeroes. But Cortex-M0 does not have an instruction for this. Instead you must use a provided subroutine or write your own. Let's try rolling…

In software there are often cases where you need to have critical interrupts serviced. For example, for:Code profilingKernel debuggingWatchdog handlingError handling.With the ARMv7-M architecture this…

Since we launched Cortex-A17 and Cortex-A12 processors, we’ve seen wide adoption with customers planning to use these cores in a range of phones, tablets and other consumer devices. These ARMv7-A cores…

So you are excited about the release of a new ARM-powered smartphone or tablet device – and why shouldn’t you be! You’ve made your way to your preferred tech review website where you discover that the…