ARM PROCESSOR

The ARM Features

Architectural Simplicity
Reduced power consumption
High Performance Implementations
High code density
Low-cost devices
Small size & reduced die area
Hardware debug technology within the processor


Features of ARM7TDMI

One of ARM’s most successful cores
Von Neumann architecture
3-stage pipeline -fetch, decode, execute
32-bit Data Bus
32-bit Address Bus
37 32-bit registers
32-bit ARM instruction set
16-bit THUMB instruction set
32x8 Multiplier
Barrel Shifter
Small Size
High code density
Low power consumption
Ideal for mobile embedded devices

ARM Powered Applications…

Automotive
- ComRoad, empeg, Raytheon, Marine, SENA
Consumer Multimedia
- Sega, Sharp, Sony, Toshiba, Pace
Embedded Control
- Conexant, Gemplus, IBM, Olivetti
Handheld Computing
- Apple, Ericsson, Hewlett Packard, Psion
Internet Appliances
- Daewoo, Oracle, RCA, Samsung
Networking
- 3Com, Ericsson, Virata, VLSI
Portable Telephony
- Ericsson, Hitachi, Nokia, Philips, Qualcomm