System Performance Analysis and the Arm Performance Monitor Unit (PMU)

Carbon cycle accurate models of Arm CPUs enable system performance analysis by providing access to the Performance Monitor Unit (PMU). Carbon models instrument the PMU registers and record PMU events...
Running 64-bit Linux Applications on an 8-core ARM Cortex-A53 CPAK

I’m excited to introduce the most complex Carbon Performance Analysis Kit (CPAK) created by The specified item was not found. ; an 8-core ARM Cortex-A53 system running 64-bit Linux with full Swap &...
Performance Analysis and Verification of SoC Interconnects

In the world of the System on Chip (SoC) end users have come to expect a richer web experience, full HD video, full HD gaming and sophisticated applications leading to embedded processors becoming more...
Sometimes Hardware Details Matter in ARM Embedded Systems Programming

Last week, I received the call for papers for the Embedded World Conference for 2015 . The list of topics is a good reminder of how broad the world of embedded systems is. It also reminded me how overloaded...
Early Power, Performance, Area Analysis & AMBA Designer: A Winning Combo

Power, performance and area or "PPA," as it is called, has become a universally interesting topic to system-on-chip (SoC) designers around the world. Atrenta -- an ARM Connected Community Partner and...