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Category Archives: ARM
A head-to-head comparison of the ARM Cortex-M4 and –M0 processor cores by Jack Ganssle
Jack Ganssle has just published the latest edition of his Embedded Muse newsletter with a very informative, hands-on look at the ARM Cortex-M4 and –M0 processor cores in the NXP LPC4350. In particular, Jack looked at processing speed and power … Continue reading
Posted in ARM, Cortex-M0, Cortex-M4, System Realization
Tagged ARM architecture, ARM Cortex-M0, ARM Cortex-M4, Jack Ganssle, microcontroller, Multi-core processor, SIMD
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Would you like a guide to several new microcontrollers based on the ARM Cortex-M series of processor cores?
Alban Rampon has just published a guide to many new developments surrounding the ARM Cortex-M series of microcontroller cores. The guide includes a discussion of Freescale Kinetis L microcontrollers based on the ARM Cortex-M0+ core; discussions of microcontrollers based on … Continue reading
Free Webinar on using Freescale Kinetis L series microcontrollers based on ARM Cortex-M0+ core. September 12. Hurry!
You have a little more than a day to register for the free Freescale Webinar on using the company’s Kinetis L microcontrollers based on the relatively new ARM Cortex-M0+ processor core. These are relatively new microcontrollers, just rolling out now, … Continue reading
Posted in ARM, Cortex-M0, EDA360, System Realization
Tagged ARM Cortex-M0, Cortex-M0, Freescale Semiconductor
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TI Stellaris LaunchPad eval board features ARM Cortex-M4F. Intro price: $4.99. Get yours now.
Texas Instruments’ Stellaris LM4F120H5QRC microcontroller is based on an 80MHz copy of the ARM Cortex-M4F processor core with an integrated single-precision floating-point unit. It also includes 256Kbytes of Flash memory, 32Kbytes of SRAM, 2Kbytes of EEPROM, and a host … Continue reading
Posted in ARM, Cortex-M4, EDA360, SoC Realization, Texas instruments
Tagged ARM Cortex-M4F, microcontroller, Stellaris LaunchPad, Texas Instruments, USB
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Nikon announces Android-powered camera: the $349 Coolpix S800c
Nikon has just announced an Android-powered point-and-shoot camera—the $349 Coolpix S800c. It’s a 16Mpixel camera with a 10x optical zoom but the real innovation appears on the back in the form of a touch-panel LCD 0.8Mpixel OLED display that is … Continue reading
Posted in Android, ARM, Cortex-A9, EDA360, Linux, Mobile, System Realization
Tagged Android, Camera, CoolpixS800c, Google, Micron Technology, Nikon, Point-and-shoot camera, Wi-Fi
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Raspberry Pi + Canon = Camera Pi: ARM 11 and Linux hack of a Canon 5D Mk II DSLR
Here’s a link to a very interesting and cool hack of a Canon 5D Mk II DSLR achieved by stuffing a Raspberry Pi Linux-based single-board computer into an accessory battery grip. EDA360 Insider has covered the Raspberry Pi board before. … Continue reading
Posted in ARM, EDA360, Linux
Tagged ARM architecture, Canon EOS 5D Mark II, David Hunt, Linux, Raspberry Pi, USB
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TI Stellaris promo features ARM Cortex-M4F dev board for $4.99—or possibly free
You’ve got a little more than a month to sign up for a $4.99 TI Stellaris Launch Pad Dev board based on the ARM Cortex-M4F processor core. Register and you get on the list to purchase a board for $4.99 … Continue reading
Need to make an ARM Cortex-A9 processor core all it can be?
A new blog published today on the ARM Web site titled “How do you take an ARM POP up one more notch?” describes a very recent collaboration between ARM and Cadence to enhance the ARM POP IP, which helps any … Continue reading
Posted in 40nm, ARM, Cortex-A9, Silicon Realization, SoC, SoC Realization, TSMC
Tagged 40nm, ARM architecture, ARM Cortex-A9, process technology, TSMC
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If Aladdin’s Genie lived in a Computer-on-Module, it might look like the Gumstix Overo
One of the funniest lines in the 1992 animated Disney movie “Aladdin” is when the frenetic blue Genie, voiced by the incredible Robin Williams, describes his situation: “PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWERS; Itty-bitty living space,” referring to his life in a lamp. … Continue reading
Cavium “Thunders” approval of 64-bit ARM v8 processor cores for cloud and server apps
In an unusual press release, network processor vendor Cavium has revealed plans for Project Thunder,” which will develop a family of multi-core SoCs based on the 64-bit ARM v8 processor architecture. The processors will be full-custom cores based on the … Continue reading
Posted in ARM, EDA360, Silicon Realization, SoC, SoC Realization
Tagged ARM architecture, ARM v8, Cavium, Cavium Networks, MIPS architecture, Multi-core processor
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Two more low-cost dev boards based on the ARM Cortex-M4 with 1Mbyte of Flash, 192Kbytes of RAM: $15.57 and up
Thanks to http://www.chibios.org, I’ve just learned of two low-cost development boards based on the STMicroelectronics STM32F07 microcontroller. You might be interested in these boards because one costs $15.57 and the other sells for 39.95€. The lower-cost board is from STMicroelectronics … Continue reading
Posted in ARM, Cortex-M4, SoC, SoC Realization
Tagged ARM, Arrow Electronics, Cortex, Flash, Flash memory, M4, Secure Digital, ST Microelectronics, STMicroelectronics, USB, USB On-The-Go
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ARM, TSMC announce collaboration on FINfet-based ARM v8 processor core for sub-20nm SoC designs
Today, ARM and TSMC announced a multi-year deal to develop a 64-bit ARM v8 processor “beyond” the 20nm node using FINfets. The collaboration includes the ARMv8 architecture, ARM Artisan physical IP, and TSMC’s FinFET process technology. The target of this … Continue reading
Posted in 10nm, 14nm, 20nm, ARM, EDA360, Silicon Realization, SoC, SoC Realization
Tagged ARM, FinFET, TSMC
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20nm design: What have we learned so far?
Even if you are not currently considering 20nm design, you owe it to yourself to download and read a new 9-page White Paper titled “A Call to Action: How 20nm Will Change IC Design” to learn about some tectonic shifts … Continue reading
39 low-cost boards for embedded Linux application development starting with Raspberry Pi. Want the list?
Thanks to Google+, I just found this very interesting list of 39 low-cost development boards supporting embedded Linux development. Most of these boards cost less than US $200 and many of them cost less than US $100. The list was … Continue reading
Posted in Apps, ARM, Cortex-A8, Cortex-A9, Ecosystem, EDA360, System Realization
Tagged ARM architecture, ARM11, ARM9, ARMv7, Linux
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Friday Video: Freescale pits Kinetis L microcontroller against parts from Microchip, TI, and Renesas. Guess who wins the low-power derby?
I’ve written a lot this week about the low-power Kinetis L microcontroller from Freescale, a low-power, mixed-signal IC design now shipping in alpha silicon. I have just found this new Freescale video, which was probably shot at this week’s Freescale … Continue reading
Posted in ARM, Cortex-M0, EDA360, Low Power, Mixed Signal, Silicon Realization, SoC, SoC Realization
Tagged ARM architecture, Cortex-M0, Freescale, Freescale Semiconductor, microcontroller
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What effect does the ARM Cortex-M0 core have on mixed-signal microcontroller design?
Earlier this month at DAC, ARM, NXP, and Cadence hosted a panel on mixed-signal design as it applies to microcontroller design. Richard Goering posted a great summary of the topics discussed at the panel, but I want to tease out … Continue reading
Posted in ARM, Cortex-M0, EDA360, Low Power, Mixed Signal, SoC, SoC Realization, System Realization
Tagged 32-bit, ARM, ARM architecture, Flash, microcontroller, NXP Semiconductors
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Heterogeneous SoC design gets its own foundation backed by heavy hitters. Good things sure to follow
I am an unabashed advocate of heterogeneous SoC design. Have been for decades. It’s a system-level design approach that lacks the elegance and academic symmetry of homogeneous processing in exchange for a more efficient, bare-metal, hard-core approach to system design … Continue reading
Posted in ARM, EDA360, ESL, Firmware, SoC, SoC Realization, System Realization
Tagged AMD, ARM, HSA Foundation, ImaginationTechnologies, MediaTek, Moore's law, Texas Instruments
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Microprocessor Report: 10 billion chips shipped in 2011 with licensed CPU cores and ARM’s share was 78%
Last month, Microprocessor Report’s Linley Gwennap published an article titled “10 Billion Chips Use Licensed CPUs.” That’s billion with a “B.” The size of that number might surprise you, but the handset market alone consumes about a billion of those … Continue reading
Smart analog/mixed-signal IC designs are—er—smarter. Learn how to stuff a 32-bit ARM Cortex-M core into an AMS design at DAC. Lunch included
In these days of the SoC, one chip has to do it all. That means both analog and digital processing. Now you can get a first-hand look at how successful design teams have integrated ARM Cortex-M processor cores in their … Continue reading
Posted in ARM, Cortex-M0, Cortex-M4, DAC, Mixed Signal, Silicon Realization, SoC, SoC Realization
Tagged AMS, ARM architecture, ARM Cortex-M, Moscone Center, San Francisco, System-on-a-chip
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Friday Video: Short video demonstrates Samsung Exynos quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 mobile application processor against dual-core
This short 1.5-minute video gives you a high-level overview of the relative performance of a Samsung Exynos 4-core mobile applications processor based on the ARM Cortex-A9 processor core versus a dual-core version.
Posted in ARM, Cortex-A9, EDA360, Samsung, Silicon Realization, SoC, SoC Realization
Tagged ARM, Cortex-A9, Exynos, Samsung
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Optimizing ARM-based advanced-node SoCs at 28nm and 20nm? Learn how to optimize for power, performance, and area on May 14 in Munich.
Physical-aware synthesis and clock-concurrent optimization are two new ways to optimize your ARM-based advanced-node or mixed-signal SoCs for power, performance, and area (PPA). CDNLive! EMEA includes a Techtorial focusing on several methods of PPA optimization for ARM-based advanced-node SoCs at … Continue reading
Posted in 20nm, 28nm, ARM, EDA360, Silicon Realization, SoC, SoC Realization
Tagged ARM architecture, Munich
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Want more information on the ARM Cortex-M0+ processor core?
Last week, ARM CPU Product Manager Thomas Ensergueix presented a Webinar on the ARM Cortex-M0+ processor core, which I’ve covered previously over on the Low-PowerDesign.com Web site http://www.low-powerdesign.com. (See “How low can you go? ARM does the limbo with Cortex-M0+ … Continue reading
Posted in ARM, Cortex-M0, EDA360, Silicon Realization, SoC, SoC Realization
Tagged ARM, Cortex, Energy Micro, Freescale, M0, Nuvoton, NXP, Samsung, ST
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Friday Video: ARM Cortex-M0 core takes on Angry Birds with homebrew embedded slingshot peripheral
With all I’ve written about the recent ARM M0+ processor core lately, I knew I had to include this video of a homebrew slingshot peripheral developed with a development board based on a microcontroller incorporating an ARM M0 core.
Posted in ARM, Cortex-M0, EDA360, System Realization
Tagged Angry Birds, ARM, Cortex-M0
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Free Webinar on ARM Cortex-M0+ processor core for ASIC developers and software developers
Last week at Design West in San Jose, Freescale demonstrated the first silicon realization of the low-power ARM Cortex-M0+ 32-bit RISC processor core in an engineering sample of the company’s brand-new Kinetis L microcontroller. (See “Freescale demonstrates first-pass Kinetis L … Continue reading
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