ARM Cortex-A15 MPCore Processor Technical Reference Manual

PrefaceChapter 11 Performance Monitor UnitRead this for a description of the Cortex-A15 Performance Monitor Unit (PMU).Chapter 12 Program Trace MacrocellRead this for a description of the processor support for instruction trace.Chapter 13 Cross TriggerRead this for a description of the cross trigger interfaces.Chapter 14 NEON and VFP UnitRead this for a description of the NEON and Vector Floating-Point (VFP) unit.Appendix A Signal DescriptionsRead this for a description of the signals in the Cortex-A15 MPCore processor.Appendix B RevisionsRead this for a description of the technical changes between released issues of thisbook.GlossaryThe ARM ® Glossary is a list of terms used in ARM documentation, together with definitions forthose terms. The ARM ® Glossary does not contain terms that are industry standard unless theARM meaning differs from the generally accepted meaning.See ARM ® Glossary, http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.aeg0014-/index.html.ConventionsThis book uses the conventions that are described in:• Typographical conventions.• Timing diagrams on page ix.• Signals on page ix.Typographical conventionsThe following table describes the typographical conventions:Styleitalicboldmonospacemonospacemonospace italicPurposeIntroduces special terminology, denotes cross-references, and citations.Highlights interface elements, such as menu names. Denotes signal names. Also used for terms in descriptivelists, where appropriate.Denotes text that you can enter at the keyboard, such as commands, file and program names, and source code.Denotes a permitted abbreviation for a command or option. You can enter the underlined text instead of the fullcommand or option name.Denotes arguments to monospace text where the argument is to be replaced by a specific value.ARM DDI 0438I Copyright © 2011-2013 ARM. All rights reserved. viiiID062913Non-Confidential