I am not able to see any visible improvements due to the BURST transfers. The same BURST transfer could be done through multiple SINGLE transfers, in the same number of cycles. Then what is te advantage of having BURST transfers?
Divide and Conquer
Division on ARM Cores
“At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division.” – Jesse Jackson.
It often surprises me how many people believe that “ARM doesn’t do division” or “ARM cores don’t have…
- over 6 years ago
- Processors
- Processors blog
Introducing 2017’s extensions to the Arm Architecture
Introduction
The Arm Architecture is continually evolving, and this blog gives a high-level overview of some of the changes made in Armv8.4-A*. We develop these changes by listening to the Arm Ecosystem and working with them to provide new functionality…
- over 2 years ago
- Processors
- Processors blog
Architecting Secure Automotive Systems
Security concerns for all connected devices have moved to the top of the agenda for manufacturers, but in the case of automotive, where safety is paramount, and large financial liabilities exist, robust security is imperative. Arm is playing its part…
- over 2 years ago
- Processors
- Processors blog
Platform Security Architecture – Scalable Security for the IoT
Arm releases a white paper on the Platform Security Architecture
The recent deployment of connected devices, as part of the evolution of the Internet of Things (IoT), has led to a major increase in the number of IoT-based cyber-attacks. These attacks…
- over 2 years ago
- Processors
- Processors blog
Caches and Self-Modifying Code
Ideally, caches act as some magic make-it-go-faster logic, sitting between your processor core (or cores) and your memory bank. Whilst it can be beneficial to consider specific cache features when writing some performance-critical code, it is usually…
- over 6 years ago
- Processors
- Processors blog
Software Consolidation with the ARMv8-R Hypervisor
Having previously introduced the ARMv8-R architecture, it’s time to look more closely into its new technology and explain some of the benefits it will bring. I’ll try to convey the key concepts simply but I have to assume my readers…
- over 6 years ago
- Processors
- Processors blog
ARMv8-R, architecture innovation for embedded systems
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 ARMv8-A for applications processors and is now also…
- over 6 years ago
- Processors
- Processors blog