• Intel, AMD - SoC’s that operate on CISC architecture
  • Qualcomm, Samsung - SoC’s that operate on RISC architecture

About ARM

  • Full form - Advanced RISC Machines
  • Founded in November 1990
  • HQ at Cambridge, UK
  • Processor Design Centers in Cambridge, Austin, and Sophia Antipolis
  • Sales, support and engineering offices all around the world
  • Best known for its range of RISC processor cores designs
  • Other products - fabric IP (physical IP), software tools, models, cell libraries to help partners develop and ship ARM based SoC’s
  • ARM does NOT manufacture silicon
  • ARM processors have huge range of applications

A Case study on ARM Cortex A53

  • Its used in a huge range of applications
  • Massive success

ARM Products

  • Cortex A, R, M, X
  • Neoverse
  • Immortalis
  • Mali ISP
  • Mali GPU
  • Ethos NPU
  • Corelink

Samsung Exynos 2100 structure (an example)

  • 1 main ARM cortex X1 - CPU (peak performance)
  • 3 ARM Cortex A78 CPU’s (sustained performance)
  • 4 ARM Cortex A55 CPU’s (maximum efficiency)
  • 1 ARM Mali G78 (graphics)