Migrating a software application from ARMv5 to ARMv7-A/R
This application note is intended to help you migrate software applications from ARMv5 to ARMv7-A/R. It describes the differences between ARMv5 and ARMv7, and explains the issues involved in migrating…
Getting Started with Arm Microcontrollers and Assembly Programming
Arm has three series of microcontrollers, the Arm Cortex-A, Arm Cortex-R and Arm Cortex-M. In this blog we explore these and assembly programming.
Top five things to know about Cortex-A5 processor
The Cortex-A5 processor (launched in 2009) implements the ARMv7-A architecture profile and can execute 32-bit ARM instructions and 16-bit and 32-bit Thumb instructions. Here are the top five things to…
Reflections Based on Local Cubemaps in Unity
This blog demonstrates an effective and low cost technique to implement reflections when developing games for mobile devices.
Five things you may not know about Arm Cortex-M
Read more about Cortex-M and learn five different things you didn't already know.
Parasitic Extraction Tips for Advanced Nodes
As use of advanced node technologies (FinFET specifically) ramp, more designers are confronting challenges in technology, productivity, and time to market. To get a sense for what engineers need to know…
Using ARM Compiler 6 with Carbon Performance Analysis Kits (CPAKs)
ARM has released DS-5 version 5.19 including the Ultimate Edition for ARMv8 to compile and debug 64-bit software. The The specified item was not found. Performance Analysis Kits (CPAKs) for the ARM Cortex…
ARM’s 64-bit big.LITTLE at 2.5GHz+? Yes, please with TSMC’s 16nm FinFET Plus!
The annual Design Automation Conference (DAC) was held last month, and what a show it was! If you recall, back in February, I talked about TSMC and ARM’s first tape-out with the ARM Cortex…