For those of you that have met me or heard me speak about the “Internet of Things” (IoT) would know that I normally indicate my displeasure for the term. Don’t get me wrong. I am a firm believer that the…
How to Measure and Optimize the System Performance of a Smartphone RTL Design
This 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…
ARM Mali-T720 Overview
The ARM® Mali™-T720 GPU is the first offering in the Mid-Range GPU series which has its origins in the Midgard Architecture. It is an extremely area-efficient GPU designed specifically to bring…
Introducing the ARM Mali-T700 GPU series: Innovated to (efficiently) power the next generation of devices
Better performance or longer battery life? Or both?Many mobile phone users have experienced the disappointment of having their favourite device run out of juice when they are far away from a power socket…
The Top 5 Things to Know about Cortex-A53
There are a few key aspects of the Cortex-A53 that developers, OEMs, and SoC designers should know. Find out the top 5 things in this blog post.
Debugging ARM Linux & Android native apps fast - by Javier Orensanz
This blog is for those of you who spend hours every day developing and debugging software, and have experienced the frustration that comes with the question “how on earth did my software get here?”This…
Standard Cell Benchmarking: Avoiding Five Common Pitfalls
Standard Cell Benchmarking: Avoiding Five Common Pitfalls
Proper evaluation of standard cell libraries should lead you to select standard cells that will optimize power, performance and area for your…
White Paper - Enabling Mobile Innovation with the Cortex-A7 Processor
An excellent whitepaper that describes the features of Cortex-A7 and applications of this little processor.
This white paper describes in detail the design choices considered including choice of feature…