ARM SoC architecture

Author: Steve Furber
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Publish Date: 2002-10-01
Features: Introduces the design principles of general microprocessors, as well as the fundamental concepts and methods of SoC design based on microprocessor cores. Through a detailed description of ARM series processor cores and CPU cores, it explains the design principles and methods of microprocessor peripheral interface design. It also reviews the research achievements of ARM series processor cores and new ARM cores, as well as the ARM and Thumb programming models. It discusses major issues in SoC design, such as memory hierarchy, cache, memory management, on-chip buses, on-chip debugging, and product testing. Based on this, several examples of ARM-core-based SoC embedded applications are provided. Finally, research on the asynchronous ARM core AMULET and the asynchronous SoC subsystem AMULET3H is introduced.