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- Download a free PDF of the Mixed-signal Methodology Guide, Chapter 1: Design Trends and Challenges
- A head-to-head comparison of the ARM Cortex-M4 and –M0 processor cores by Jack Ganssle
- Qualcomm reveals more Snapdragon 4 SoC details in a White Paper. Want to know what’s inside?
- ARM Cortex-A15—does this processor IP core need a new category…Superstar IP?
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- 3D Thursday: 28nm design and 2.5D packaging saves Xilinx a ton of power. You can too even if you're not designing FPGAs!
- Ingenious architectural features allow ST to extract maximum performance from new microcontroller family based on ARM Cortex-M4. Cost: less than 6 bucks in 1000s
- ARM unveils 64-bit v8 architecture at ARM TechCon 2011
- 3-processor SoC for digital still cameras incorporates an ARM 1136J-S RISC processor core plus separate image and video processors
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Tag Archives: ARM
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
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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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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Gary Smith proposes a 3-layer taxonomy for platform-based SoC design—Live from DAC 2012
EDA’s chief analyst Gary Smith is high on IP subsystems—big ones. Only Gary calls them platforms. Why is Smith so enthusiastic? Because, as he says, he was wrong last year in his estimates of how much it costs to develop … Continue reading
Posted in DAC, IP, SoC, SoC Realization, System Realization, Texas instruments
Tagged ARM, Armada, Design Compiler, Marvell, Nvidia, OMAP, Qualcomm, Snapdragon, Tegra
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Are you preparing for 20nm design? This FREE On-Demand Webinar can help.
Last week ARM, TSMC, and Cadence held a Webinar on 20nm design covering three main points: Its adoption is inevitable. The design and manufacturing challenges are significant. The challenges are manageable given the right tools and methodologies, and solutions are … Continue reading
Posted in 20nm, EDA360, Silicon Realization
Tagged 20nm, ARM, Cadence, Richard Goering, Silicon Realization, TSMC
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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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Three free Webinars answer your questions on 20nm SoC design. What questions do you have?
What can you reasonably expect to get from 20nm? What does it take to implement an ARM Cortex-A15 processor in 20nm? What might come between you and success at 20nm? How can you be more productive when creating 20nm designs? … Continue reading
Posted in 20nm, EDA360, Silicon Realization, SoC, SoC Realization, System Realization
Tagged 20nm, ARM, IBM, Samsung, TSMC
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Want to see the future of low-power SoC design? Have a look into Gary Smith’s crystal ball.
Last week at the Electronic Design Process Symposium held in Monterey, EDA analyst Gary Smith put together a session on low-power design and he prefaced the other presentations with one of his own showing where he though the improvements in … Continue reading
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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Friday Video: EDAC video of Feb 29 EDA CEO Forecast and Industry Vision Event
On leap day (Feb 29), EDAC held its annual CEO Forecast and Industry Vision event at Silicon Valley Bank in, er, Silicon Valley. Speakers included CEOs Wally Rhines (Mentor), Aart de Geus (Synopsys), Lip-Bu Tan (Cadence), and Ed Cheng (Gradient) … Continue reading
[Friday Video] iFixit tears down an iPad 3 4G LTE using spudger, heat gun, and guitar picks. Finds new processor, more RAM, new battery, etc.
Those folks at iFixit stop at nearly nothing to be the first to tear apart shiny new toys like the new Apple iPad (the iPad formerly known as the iPad 3). They flew to Australia to get a new iPad … Continue reading
Infineon launches microcontroller series based on ARM Cortex-M4 core, targets industrial drives, power and energy conversion, and automation
Last month, Infineon introduced the XMC4000 series of microcontrollers based on the ARM Cortex-M4 processor core augmented with a floating-point unit. (Note: Don’t confuse the Infineon XMC4000 series with the NXP LPC4000 series of microcontrollers based on the ARM Cortex-M4 … Continue reading
Posted in ARM, Cortex-M4, EDA360, Firmware, Silicon Realization, SoC, SoC Realization
Tagged ARM, ARM Cortex-M4, Cortex-M4, Infineon, Infineon TriCore, microcontroller
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ARM big.LITTLE multicore IP architecture wins a Microprocessor Report Analysts’ Choice Award
This week in the Microprocessor Report, the Linley Group announced its Analysts’ Choice Award winners and declared the ARM big.LITTLE multicore IP architecture as the best processor IP of the year: “Designed to extend battery life by up to 70%, … Continue reading
Posted in ARM, Cortex-A15, Cortex-A7, EDA360, IP, Low Power, Packaging, Silicon Realization, SoC, SoC Realization
Tagged A15, A7, ARM, Cortex, Microprocessor Report
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Nvidia Tegra 3 based on five ARM Cortex-A9 cores is mobile processor of the year declares Microprocessor Report
This week in the Microprocessor Report, the Linley Group announced its Analysts’ Choice Award winners and declared the Nvidia Tegra 3 to be the top mobile processor announced in 2011. As published in the article announcing the winners: “Choosing the … Continue reading
Posted in ARM, Cortex-A9, EDA360, Low Power, Multicore, Silicon Realization, SoC, SoC Realization
Tagged A9, ARM, Cortex, Microprocessor Report, Nvidia, Tegra 3
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Asymmetric, dual-core NXP LPC4300 microcontrollers split tasks between ARM Cortex-M4 and -M0 cores, cost $3.75 and up
NXP Semiconductors announced today that it is now shipping its first LPC4300 dual-core, ARM-based microcontroller—the LPC4350. This microcontroller family packs an asymmetrical pair of 32-bit RISC ARM Cores—an ARM Cortex-M4 and an ARM Cortex-M0—with both processors runing at 204MHz (up … Continue reading
Posted in ARM, Cortex-M0, Cortex-M4, EDA360, Silicon Realization, SoC, SoC Realization
Tagged ARM, Cortex, dual-core, LPC4300, M0, M4, microcontroller, Multicore, NXP
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How fast can an ARM Cortex-A15 run? 2GHz in Samsung’s 32nm process technology. That’s fast!
At the eighth annual Samsung Mobile Solutions Forum held at the Westin Taipei, Taiwan, Samsung previewed the Exynos 5250 applications processor, which is based on a dual-core implementation of the ARM Cortex-A15 processor running at 2GHz implemented in the company’s … Continue reading
Posted in 32nm, ARM, Cortex-A15, EDA360, Samsung, Silicon Realization, SoC, SoC Realization
Tagged 2GHz, 32nm, ARM, Cortex-A15, Exynos, Samsung
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Want some Top Secret ARM Cortex-A15 implementation info?
This blog has covered the ARM Cortex-A15 processor core several time over the last year. Now you can get a better idea of the resources available to you if you are interested in implementing an ARM Cortex –A15 processor in … Continue reading
Posted in ARM, Cortex-A15, EDA360, Silicon Realization, SoC, SoC Realization, System Realization
Tagged ARM, Cortex-A15, implementation
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Power, Performance, Cost. FDSOI lets you pick any three. Want proof? How about an ARM Cortex-M0 processor core example?
Last week, the first session of the International SoC Conference focused on FDSOI (fully depleted silicon-on-insulator) IC fabrication. Now if your thinking resembles mine before I watched this presentation, you think that FDSOI is an advanced IC-fabrication process that gives … Continue reading
Posted in 20nm, ARM, Cortex-M0, FDSOI, Silicon Realization, SoC, SoC Realization
Tagged ARM, Cortex-M0, FDSOI, M0, SOI
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The WORD on ARM’s big.LITTLE Cortex-A15/A7 design philosophy from Jack Ganssle, a leading expert and consultant on embedded design and firmware development
I’ve written up many bits of wisdom from my friend Jack Ganssle before and his latest Embedded Muse newsletter carries a lead article on the new ARM big.LITTLE design philosophy that teams a high-powered ARM Cortex-A15 processor core with a … Continue reading
Posted in Android, ARM, Cortex-A15, Cortex-A7, SoC, SoC Realization, System Realization
Tagged ARM, ARM Cortex-A15, ARM Cortex-A7, Cortex-A15, Cortex-A7, Ganssle, SoC
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Want some more details about the Samsung 20nm test chip? Here’s your chance: ARM TechCon 2011 on October 25
Later this month, you have the opportunity of attending the ARM TechCon 2011 conference being held in the Santa Clara Convention Center in California. Tuesday, October 25 is dedicated the many different aspects of advanced to SoC design and the … Continue reading
Posted in 20nm, ARM, EDA360, Samsung, Silicon Realization, SoC Realization
Tagged ARM, Cadence, Samsung, TechCon
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