ARM Cortex-A15 MPCore Processor Technical Reference Manual

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Chapter 2Functional DescriptionThis chapter describes the functionality of the Cortex-A15 MPCore processor. It contains thefollowing sections:• About the Cortex-A15 MPCore processor functions on page 2-2.• Interfaces on page 2-6.• Clocking and resets on page 2-8.• Power management on page 2-21.ARM DDI 0438I Copyright © 2011-2013 ARM. All rights reserved. 2-1ID062913Non-Confidential
Functional Description2.1 About the Cortex-A15 MPCore processor functionsFigure 2-1 shows a top-level functional diagram of the Cortex-A15 MPCore processor.Cortex-A15 MPCore processorAPB ATB Interrupts TimerEventsDebug andCTITraceGIC(optional)GenericTimerMiscellaneousDebugPTMPMULoopBufferDecodeRenameVirtual toPhysicalRegisterPoolDispatch stagesIntegerExecuteNEONVFPWritebackBranchpredictionInd PredReturnStackInstructionFetchInstructionCacheITLBCP14CP15RegisterFileL2-TLBLOADSTORELTLBSTLBDataCache1 st level arbitrationProcessor 0Processor 1 †Processor 2 †Processor 3 †2 nd level arbitrationSlaveMasterFill / EvictBuffersL2 Cache(512KB to 4 MB)SnoopControl UnitAuto PrefetchEngineACPACELevel 2 memory system† OptionalFigure 2-1 Block diagram2.1.1 Components of the processorThe main components of the processor are:• Instruction fetch on page 2-3.• Instruction decode on page 2-3.• Instruction dispatch on page 2-3.• Integer execute on page 2-3.• Load/Store unit on page 2-4.• L2 memory system on page 2-4.ARM DDI 0438I Copyright © 2011-2013 ARM. All rights reserved. 2-2ID062913Non-Confidential
Page 1 and 2: ®ARM®Cortex -A15 MPCoreProcessorR
Page 3 and 4: ContentsARM Cortex-A15 MPCore Proce
Page 5 and 6: Contents11.4 PMU register descripti
Page 7 and 8: PrefaceAbout this bookThis book is
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Page 11 and 12: PrefaceFeedbackARM welcomes feedbac
Page 13 and 14: Introduction1.1 About the Cortex-A1
Page 15 and 16: Introduction1.2.3 Debug architectur
Page 17 and 18: Introduction1.4 InterfacesThe proce
Page 19 and 20: Introduction• The L2 tag RAM regi
Page 21 and 22: IntroductionThe ARM product deliver
Page 23 and 24: Introduction1.7.5 r1p0 - r2p0The fo
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Page 29 and 30: Functional DescriptionLoad/Store un
Page 31 and 32: Functional Description2.2 Interface
Page 33 and 34: Functional Description2.3 Clocking
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System Control4.2 Register summaryT
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System ControlOp1 CRm Op2 Name Rese
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System ControlTable 4-6 c5 register
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Memory Management Unit5.1 About the
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Memory Management Unit5.3 TLB match
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Level 1 Memory System6.1 About the
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Chapter 8Generic Interrupt Controll
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Generic Timer9.1 About the Generic
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Chapter 10DebugThis chapter describ
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Debug• Operating systems.• Hard
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DebugTable 10-1 CP14 debug register
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Performance Monitor Unit11.1 About
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Chapter 12Program Trace MacrocellTh
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Program Trace Macrocell12.2 PTM opt
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Cross Trigger13.1 About the cross t
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Chapter 14NEON and VFP UnitThis cha
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NEON and VFP UnitARM DDI 0438I Copy
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Signal DescriptionsA.1 About the si
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Signal DescriptionsA.8 Power manage
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Signal DescriptionsA.9 AXI interfac
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Signal DescriptionsA.14 DFT and MBI
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Appendix BRevisionsThis appendix de
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RevisionsTable B-3 Differences betw
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