It’s been a year since ARM announced the first details of the new ARMv8 architecture with its support for 64-bit virtual addressing. This comparatively early announcement allowed the architecture…
ARM Cortex-A57 — So Big is Relative but How Relative is Your Big?
Big gives the impression of being large as in size, height, width, or amount: a big house; a big quantity. We've heard of big brother, big bang, or the notorious wrapper B.I.G. aka Biggie Smalls (after…
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…
BCD - The Most Interesting Process Technology You Haven't Heard Of
Working at Arm, I often have a unique and early vantage point to trends that are shaping the semiconductor market. One of the most interesting emerging trends is Bipolar CMOS DMOS (BCD) process technology…
ARM Cortex-A53 — Who You callin' LITTLE?
I may only weigh in at just over half a square millimeter on die, but I can handle a heavy workload and I pack quite a processing punch, and frankly I'm tired of the lack of respect I get as a "LITTLE…
big.LITTLE in 64-bit
With the ARM Cortex-A50 series processors, ARM has introduced a "big" and "LITTLE" processor pair that is 64-bit capable. What does this mean for big.LITTLE software?
What is AMBA 5 CHI and how does it help?
At last the time has finally come when I can talk about AMBA 5 - the next generation of Arm interface standard. So, what's new?
Ten Things to Know About big.LITTLE
As the adoption of Arm big.LITTLE processing spreads there are a number of common questions which have been raised. I'd like to use this blog to answer some of the more common queries.
An Advanced Timing Sign-off Methodology for the SoC Design Ecosystem
The System-on-a-Chip (SoC) ecosystem spans the gamut of designs from high-end servers to low-power mobile consumer segments. A large and heterogeneous set of players (foundries, IP vendors, SoC integrators…