What is Serial Wire Viewer (SWV) in Arm Cortex-M?
Serial Wire Viewer (SWV) is a real-time trace functionality that is available in Arm Cortex-M microcontrollers. It allows real-time data…
Arm Cortex-M DAP bus and interconnect architecture Explained
The Arm Cortex-M series of processors feature a Debug Access Port (DAP) that provides debug capability and access to the…
Controlling Clocks and PLL for Power Savings in Cortex-M3
The Cortex-M3 processor provides multiple clock control features that allow significant power savings by slowing or stopping clocks when parts…
Sleep-on-Exit for Automated Low Power in Cortex-M3 (Explained)
Sleep-on-exit is a feature in Cortex-M3 processors that allows the processor to automatically enter a low power sleep mode when…
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Is ARM Cortex A76 good?
The ARM Cortex-A76 is generally considered to be a very good mobile CPU core. It offers excellent performance and efficiency…
What is the difference between Cortex-A76 and A77?
The ARM Cortex-A76 and Cortex-A77 are two of ARM's most advanced high-performance CPU cores designed for mobile, computing, and infrastructure…
Using the CortexA76 Cryptographic Extension
The CortexA76 processor from ARM includes a dedicated cryptographic extension for accelerating cryptographic operations. This extension provides significant performance improvements…
Security features of The Arm Cortex-A76 (Explained)
The Arm Cortex-A76 is a high-performance CPU core designed for mobile, embedded and infrastructure applications. It offers several security features…
Setting CPU Targets for ARM Compilation with gcc
When compiling code for ARM processors using the gcc toolchain, it is important to set the correct CPU target in…
Cortex-M3 Instruction Prefetching and Branch Prediction (Explained)
The Cortex-M3 CPU implements an instruction prefetch unit and branch prediction unit to improve performance by reducing stalls due to…
Bit Band and Bit Band Alias Areas in Cortex-M3 Memory
The Cortex-M3 processor has a feature called Bit Banding that allows each individual bit in a word of memory to…
Debugging capabilities of Cortex-A76 with CoreSight
The Cortex-A76 processor from ARM provides powerful debugging capabilities through the use of CoreSight technology. CoreSight enables real-time access to…
SoCs using Cortex-A76 cores (Kirin, Exynos, Snapdragon, etc)
The Cortex-A76 is ARM's latest high-performance CPU core designed for mobile computing. It offers substantial improvements in performance and power…
