ARM System-on-Chip Architecture

The future of the computer and communications industries is converging on mobile information appliances - phones, PDAs, laptops and other devices. The ARM is at the heart of this trend, leading the way in system-on-chip (SoC) development and becoming the processor core of choice for many embedded applications.

System-on-chip technology is changing the way we use computers, but it also sets designers the very challenging problem of getting a complex SoC design right first time. ARM system-on-chip architecture introduces the concepts and methodologies employed in designing a system-on-chip based around a microprocessor core and in designing the core itself. Extensive illustrations, based on the ARM, give practical substance to the design principles set out in the book, reinforcing the reader's understanding of how and why Sees and microprocessors are designed as they are.
ARM system-on-chip architecture:

• presents and discusses the major issues of system-on-chip design,
  including memory hierarchy, caches, memory management,
  on-chip buses, on-chip debug and production tests
  
• provides an overview of the ARM processor family, enabling the
  reader to decide which ARM is best for the job in hand
  
• describes the ARM and Thumb programming models, enabling
  the designer to begin to develop applications
  
• covers all the latest ARM products and developments, including
  Stronger, the ARM and ARMED series of cores, and the
  ARM-based Sony components at the heart of Ericsson's Bluetooth
  technology, the Psion Series 5 PDA and Samsung's SGH2400
  GSM handset
  
• includes details on the AMULET asynchronous ARM cores and
  the AMULET3H asynchronous Sony subsystem.

Contents

• Preface
  
• Chapter 1: An Introduction to Processor Design
  
• Chapter 2: The ARM Architecture
  
• Chapter 3: ARM Assembly Language Programming
  
• Chapter 4: ARM Organization and Implementation
  
• Chapter 5: The ARM Instruction Set
  
• Chapter 6: Architectural Support for High-Level Languages
  
• Chapter 7: The Thumb Instruction Set
  
• Chapter 8: Architectural Support for Development
  
• Chapter 9: ARM Processor Cores
  
• Chapter 10: Memory Hierarchy
  
• Chapter 11: Architectural Support for Operating Systems
  
• Chapter 12: ARM CPU Cores
  
• Chapter 13: Embedded ARM Applications
  
• Chapter 14: The Amulet Asynchronous ARM Prosessors