Part 3 in a four part blog describes a more systematic approach to measuring and validating the system performance of these types of systems and introduces new tools to make this systematic approach practically…
On the AAPCS, with an application to efficient parameter passing
Have you heard of Procedure Call Standard for ARM Architecture? We often refer to it as AAPCS. Today I want to pick out a couple of aspects of it as it can have a significant effect on the performance…
Login: Securely, Password: 0bs0Lete?
One of the most talked about features of the new Apple iPhone 5S is the Touch ID feature which integrates a fingerprint sensor and a Secure Enclave. Although fingerprint sensors have been present in laptops…
ARMv8-R: A Revolutionary Architecture for Embedded Systems
“This content was initially posted 24 October 2013 on blogs.arm.com”To say Green Hills is excited about the ARMv8-R architecture would be a large understatement. We've been consulting with…
Transparent Superpages for FreeBSD on ARM
“This content was initially posted 27 September 2013 on blogs.arm.com”Contemporary ARM® architecture (ARMv7, the upcoming ARMv8) offers advanced CPU features like MMU, multi-level cache, TLB, multi core…
Mali OpenCL Flag Demo
This is a demo created internally at ARM by Anthony Barbier.Mali OpenCL Flag DemoThe demo shows the performance improvements you can achieve when using OpenCL™ on a Mali powered device.The application…
A balanced approach to BIG Data & Supercomputers
The ARM approach to Big Data & High Performance Computing (HPC) or Supercomputers is all about building a balanced approach, not taking any one direction to an extreme - in other words, we maximize…
10 Useful Facts about Cortex-M System Design Kit (CMSDK)
Cortex-M System Design Kits is a very useful product for chip and FPGA designers working with Arm Cortex-M. This blog shares 10 facts about the Design Kits which you may find useful.
Designing an efficient LTE-Advanced modem architecture with ARM Cortex-R7 MPCore and CEVA XC4000 processors
LTE (Long Term Evolution) is already gaining momentum as the world’s most rapidly deployed cellular technology, giving mobile wireless broadband services to millions of users worldwide. Consumers…
How to Measure and Optimize the System Performance of a Smartphone RTL Design - Part 2
Part 2 in a four part blog describes a more systematic approach to measuring and validating the system performance of these types of systems and introduces new tools to make this systematic approach practically…
实用小窍门：文章加上标签，找起来就方便了
各位朋友们大家好：想给大家介绍一个发文的小窍门。其实给您发表的内容加上标签是非常重要的。因为可以让搜索引擎尽快了解您文档最重要的内容是什么。与其让搜索引擎检索所有文字，还不如加一个标签能更直观地强调您内容中的重点。请最好为每一个您的内容都加上一个标签，包括讨论。 因为虽然社区管理员会检查整个社区的内容，并相应地增加或者修正标签，不过也需要靠我们大家的共同协助。当您添加标签的时候，请尽量使用单数形式…
Optimizing GPU Compute Kernels.
If you have some previous experience with GPU compute, or if you have watched the GPU Compute for Mobile Devices at ARM Techcon Developer Summit presentation, and you have a Compute application that you…
From “Which Cortex-M processor” to “Which C compiler”
In my presentation at ARM TechCon 2013 last week "ARM Cortex-M for Beginners", someone asked a question of “Is there any advice for getting the best performance? Which C compiler to use?
This is a very…
惠普推Compaq系列平板电脑采用全志方案
全志在Tier-1 OEM这边也出力作啦！HP Compaq系列一直是惠普电脑的高性价产品线，在2013年10月30日的媒体沟通会上，惠普正式推出了Compaq系列下的三款平板电脑：Compaq 7、Compaq 7+、Compaq 8。系统方面，Compaq 8采用原生Android 4.2.2。用户最为关注的硬件平台则采用了全志A31s芯片。该芯片组采用ARM最新Cortex-A7架构，该SoC为原生四核架构…
FinFET implementation differences – planar to 3D
By chris.wright and Rupal GandhiWe are part of the team that recently taped out a finFET testchip. It was one of our team’s first experiences with finFETs and we saw firsthand the implementation differences…
New Platform Bring-Up with DS-5
New Platform Bring-Up with ARM® Development Studio 5 (DS-5™)I am an FAE at ARM, and part of my job is to support users bringing up new silicon and hardware platforms, so that they can start to develop…
The Top 5 Things to Know about Cortex-A7
The ARM Cortex-A7 MPCore processor is the most energy efficient application processor that ARM has ever developed and has dramatically extended ARM’s low-power leadership in entry level smart phones,…
ARM DSP is the way to go – An intern’s perspective
This blog looks at the performance advantages of using the CMSIS-DSP library rather than a typical textbook implementation of Digital Signal Processing algorithms and how it relates to Arm.
传统8位MCU岌岌可危，基于Cortex-M0及M0+的32位单片机全面入侵
随着越来越多的芯片合作伙伴推出基于Cortex-M内核架构的芯片方案，ARM的Cortex-M系列作为目前驱动MCU市场变革的主流平台已经是毋庸置疑，其中Cortex-M0和Cortex-M0+的市场定位就是逐渐取代传统的8051以及其它架构的8/16位MCU应用。这里有来源于EEboard的一篇文章，其主要受众是国内众多的嵌入式系统开发者，文章总结了目前市场上几家常见的基于M0或者M0+的MCU解决方案…