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Tables of Contents for Arm System Architecture
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
v
1 An Introduction to Processor Design
1
36
1.1 Processor architecture and organization
2
2
1.2 Abstraction in hardware design
2
2
1.3 MUO -- a simple processor
8
7
1.4 Instruction set design
15
6
1.5 Precessor design trade-offs
21
5
1.6 The Reduced Instruction Set Computer
26
4
1.7 Design for low power consumption
30
4
1.8 Examples and exercises
34
3
2 The ARM Architecture
37
14
2.1 The Acorn RISC Machine
38
1
2.2 Architectural inheritance
39
2
2.3 The ARM programmer's model
41
5
2.4 ARM development tools
46
4
2.5 Example and exercises
50
1
3 ARM Assembly Language Programming
51
26
3.1 Data processing instructions
52
6
3.2 Data tansfer instructions
58
8
3.3 Control flow instructions
66
6
3.4 Writing simple assembly language programs
72
3
3.5 Examples and exercises
75
2
4 ARM Organization and Implemention
77
32
4.1 ARM organization
78
4
4.2 ARM instrucion execution
82
4
4.3 ARM implemention
86
15
4.4 The ARM coprocessor interface
101
2
4.5 Design tools
103
4
4.6 Examples and exercises
107
2
5 The ARM Instruction Set
109
50
5.1 Introduction
110
3
5.2 Exceptions
113
4
5.3 Conditional execution
117
2
5.4 Branch and Branch with Link (B, BL)
119
2
5.5 Branch and eXchange instructions (BX)
121
1
5.6 Software Interrupt (SWI)
122
2
5.7 Data processing instructions
124
4
5.8 Multiply instructions
128
2
5.9 Single word and unsigned byte data transfer in instructions
130
3
5.10 Half-word and signed byte data transfer instructions
133
2
5.11 Multiple register transfer instructions
135
2
5.12 Swap memory and register instructions (SWP)
137
1
5.13 Status register to general register transfer instrucions
138
1
5.14 General register to status register transfer instrucions
139
2
5.15 Coprocessor instructions
141
1
5.16 Coprocessor data orperations
142
1
5.17 Corprocessor data transfers
143
2
5.18 Coprocessor register transfers
145
2
5.19 Unused instruction space
147
2
5.20 Memory faults
149
4
5.21 ARM architecture variants
153
4
5.22 Example and exercises
157
2
6 Architectural Support for High-Level Languages
159
40
6.1 Abstraction in software design
160
1
6.2 Data types
161
6
6.3 Floating-point data types
167
5
6.4 The ARM floating-point architecture
172
6
6.5 Expressions
178
2
6.6 Conditional statements
180
3
6.7 Loops
183
2
6.8 Functions and procedures
185
6
6.9 Use of memory
191
5
6.10 Run-time environment
196
1
6.11 Examples and exercises
197
2
7 The Thumb Instruction Set
199
20
7.1 The Thumb bit in the CPSR
200
1
7.2 The Thumb programmer's model
201
2
7.3 Thumb branch instructions
203
2
7.4 Thumb software interrupt instruction
205
1
7.5 Thumb data processing instructions
206
3
7.6 Thumb single register data transfer instructions
209
2
7.7 Thumb multiple register data transfer instructions
211
2
7.8 Thumb implementation
213
2
7.9 Thumb applications
215
1
7.10 Example and exercises
216
3
8 Architectural Support for System Development
219
24
8.1 The ARMulator
220
1
8.2 The JTAG boundary scan test architecture
221
7
8.3 The ARM debug architecture
228
5
8.4 The Partner-ET ROM-ICE
233
1
8.5 The Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture (AMBA)
234
5
8.6 The ARM reference microcontroller
239
2
8.7 Example and exercises
241
2
9 ARM Processor Cores
243
28
9.1 ARM6
244
5
9.2 ARM7TDMI
249
5
9.3 ARM8
254
5
9.4 AMULET1 & 2
259
10
9.5 Examples and exercises
269
2
10 Memory Hierarchy
271
16
10.1 Memory size and speed
272
1
10.2 Caches
273
8
10.3 Memory management
281
5
10.4 Examples and exercises
286
1
11 Architectural Support for Operating Systems
287
22
11.1 An introduction to operating systems
288
3
11.2 The ARM system control coprocessor
291
3
11.3 ARM MMU architecture
294
7
11.4 Synchronization
301
1
11.5 Context switching
302
2
11.6 Input/Output
304
4
11.7 Example and exercises
308
1
12 ARM Processor Chips
309
30
12.1 The ARM600 and ARM610
310
11
12.2 The ARM700 and ARM710
321
5
12.3 The ARM810
326
3
12.4 The StrongARM
329
9
12.5 Example and exercises
338
1
13 ARM Systems
339
30
13.1 The ARM memory interface
340
10
13.2 The Platform Independent Evaluation card
350
5
13.3 The Acorn Archimedes
355
2
13.4 The Acorn Risc PC
357
5
13.5 The Apple Newton
362
4
13.6 Examples and exercises
366
3
14 Embedded ARM Processor Cores
369
20
14.1 GEC Plessey Semiconductors Butterfly microcontroller
370
3
14.2 Tha VLSI Ruby II Advanced Communication Processor
373
2
14.3 The VLSI ISDN Subscriber Processor
375
3
14.4 The ARM7500
378
4
14.5 AMULET2e
382
4
14.6 Examples and exercises
386
6
Appendix: Computer Logic
389
8
Glossary
397
8
Bibliography
405
4
Index
409