- 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)