ARM processor family

The information on the page is getting a bit old. For the latest information check ARM's WWW site which is being updated almost daily and is being designed for easy loading and easy navigating.

Links to specific pages on ARM's site:

www.arm.com/	General
www.arm.com/Pro+Peripherals/Cores/ARM7TDMI/	ARM7 Thumb Family
www.arm.com/Pro+Peripherals/Cores/ARM9TDMI/	ARM9 Thumb Family
www.arm.com/Pro+Peripherals/Cores/ARM10/	Future ARM10 Thumb Family
www.arm.com/DevSupp/Sales+Support/	Development Systems from ARM
www.arm.com/CoInfo/PressRel/	Press Releases
www.arm.com/FAQ/	FAQ's (Including how to get samples)

The chip information contained below on this page refers to older ARM cores.

Intro

ARM, an intellectual property provider, licenses high-performance, low-cost, power-efficient RISC processors, peripherals and system-chip designs to international electronics companies. ARM also provides comprehensive support required in developing a complete system. ARM's microprocessor cores are rapidly becoming the volume RISC standard in such markets as portable communications, hand-held computing, multi-media digital consumer and embedded solutions.

Currently licensable chips (199904):
ARM7 Thumb Family:

ARM7TDMI
ARM7TDMI-S
ARM710T
ARM720T
ARM740T

ARM9 Thumb Family:

ARM9TDMI
ARM920T
ARM940T

Type overview

All the MIPS figures quoted are Dhrystone 2.1.
The ARM6 Core (0.8um)

ASIC-embeddable
32-bit data and address buses
31 registers
30 MIPS,165mW at 33MHz, 5V
Supports virtual memory
VHDL support
Supports fast interrupts with no context switching
Big-endian/little-endian operation

The ARM7D Core (0.6um)

ASIC-embeddable
32-bit data and address buses
32-bit data bus
31 registers
36 MIPS, 200mW at 40MHz, 5V
24 MIPS, 45mW at 27MHz, 3.3V
Supports virtual memory
VHDL support
Supports fast interrupts with no context switching
Big-endian/little-endian operation

ARM7TDMI Core

as ARM7, but can also execute 16-bit Thumb code with higher code density
and an enhanced multiplier for higher performance in DSP* applications.
23 MIPS, 181mW at 33MHz, 5V when executing Thumb code
14 MIPS, 36mW at 20MHz, 3.3V when executing Thumb

The ARM60L MPU

General purpose 32-bit microcomputer unit
30 MIPS, 305mW at 33MHz, 5V
Based on the ARM6 core
IEEE 1149.1 (JTAG*) Boundary scan interface
144pin TQFP

The ARM610 MCU

General purpose 32-bit microcomputer unit
Based on the ARM6 core
30 MIPS at 33MHz at 495mW
4k instruction and data cache
TLB based MMU*, Write buffer
Sub microsecond interrupt response
IEEE 1149.1 (JTAG*) Boundary scan interface
144pin TQFP

The ARM710 MCU

General purpose 32-bit microcomputer unit
Based on the ARM7 core
36 MIPS at 40MHz, 5V at 424mW
24 MIPS at 27MHz, 3V at 105mW
8k instruction and data cache
TLB based MMU*, Write buffer
Sub microsecond interrupt response
IEEE 1149.1 (JTAG*) Boundary scan interface
144-pin TQFP

ARM7500

Single chip RISC computer
Based on the ARM7 core
30 MIPS at 5V, 32MHz (CRT*: 690mW, LCD: 433mW)
Supports 16 or 32 bit memory
3 channel DMA*
IO* controller
2 serial ports, 4 A/D channels
8 stereo sound channels
32 bit CD quality serial sound channel
video controller with 120MHz pixel clock
16 million colours with 256 entry palette
16 level grey scales for LCD displays
Suspend and stop power saving modes

ARM7500FE

Single chip RISC computer
Based on the ARM7 core
37 MIPS at 5V, 40MHz (CRT*: 800mW , LCD: 370mW)
Supports 16 or 32 bit memory with EDO support
3 channel DMA*
IO* controller
2 serial ports, 4 A/D channels
32 bit CD quality serial sound channel
video controller with 120MHz pixel clock
16 million colours with 256 entry palette
16 level grey scales for LCD displays
Suspend and stop power saving modes
Integrated FPA unit (IEEE 754-1985 conformant)

ARM7100

Single chip microcontroller for electronic organizers and PDAs
Based on the ARM7 core
66mW at 18.4MHz
270MIPS/watt
CODEC* interface
SPI TM/Microwire TM serial interface
UART and SIR encoder
16 level grey scale LCD driver
Suspend and stop power saving modes

StrongARM

115 V2.1 Dhrystone MIPS (100MHz at 1.65V)
185 V2.1 Dhrystone MIPS (160MHz at 1.65V)
230 V2.1 Dhrystone MIPS (200MHz at 2.00V)
On chip phase-locked loop referenced from 3.68MHz oscillator
Power down modes: idle and sleep
Sub microsecond interrupt response
MMU* support for virtual memory systems
Write buffer
16k instruction and 16k data caches
3.3V I/O interface
Big-endian/little-endian support
IEEE 1149.1 (JTAG*) Boundary scan interface
144-pin TQFP

ARM chips manufactured by its partners:

AKM:

AK2388 (ARM7) GSM baseband chip

Cirrus:

CL-PS7110 ARM7100 Single chip PDA MCU
CL-PS7500FE Single chip multimedia MCU with floating point, flash and EDO support

Cirrus PCSI:

PC21101T PHS chip set baseband controller (ARM7TDMI)
PCSI PC18101F-01 pACT chip set control processor (ARM7TDMI)

Digital:

SA-110 'StrongARM' low power, hi perf Risc* MPU (ARM,DEC)

GPSI:

Butterfly communication controller (ARM7)
ARM60b quick, low-power MPU
ARM610b quick, low-power MPU
Mantis, Spider

Qualcomm

MSM3000, IS-95-B Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) baseband modem* chipset.

Samsung:

KS32C6000 Laser printer controller MCU (ARM7)

Sharp:

LH74610 ARM610 MPU
LH74710AM ARM710 MPU
LH77790 ARM 7 MCU with integrated LCD control

VLSI:

ARM7500 single chip multimedia computer MCU
VCS94250 PCI/SSA IO* processor MCU
RubyII VPS10101 MCU (ARM6)
VMO 6868 AT&T IVESs Encryption Engine (ARM6)
VY86C650 ARM6 MCU with DMA* controller, timer, video interface and memory controller
VMS210 high speed cryptographic system (ARM6)
MYK-78E, MYK-78T, MYK-77 (Clipper) Cryptographic processor (ARM6)
MYK-80 (Capstone) Cryptographic processor (ARM6)
VNS80000 VIP ISDN processor

ARM Limited, Fulbourn Road, Cambridge CB1 9JN, UK www.arm.com/

Books

www.chipdir.nl/amazon/chipdir.php?mode=books&searchtype=KeywordSearch&search=ARM

SDK

ARM produces its own software development toolkit. They also bought Metaware and it's compilers some time before 20030314.

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