Handheld Devices (portable but still explicit usage)

Handheld Devices(portable but still explicit usage) • Laptops • Personal Digital Assistants (Palm, PocketPC) • TabletPC • Smart Phones

Palm VIIx • Size: 5.25" x 3.25" x 0.75" • Weight: 6.7 oz. • Batteries: 2 AAA • Processor: 16 MHz Motorola Dragonball EZ • Memory: 8 MB • PalmOS Version: 3.5 • Flash ROM: Yes • Expandability: None • Price: $449 • Additional Features: Wireless Internet Access

DaVinci

Palm IIIx • Motorola MC68EZ328 Dragonball processor. On a single chip includes • 68000 CPU • Real-time clock • PLL clock generator • Interrupt controller • General purpose I/O ports, DRAM controller, UART, Audio output, LCD controller

Palm IIIx (contd.) • 68000 CPU • CISC core (1978 design) • 4 cycles per instruction typical • No MMU (no protection!) • DRAM Memory • 4MB, implemented as two 2MB chips • 60ns access latency

Palm IIIx (contd.) • Flash Memory • One Fujitsu 29LV160B-90 2MB flash chip • Divided into 35 sectors that can be individuall erased • 90 cycles for reads • Stores the boot code, Palm OS, and the non-volatile storage needed by applications

Palm IIIx (contd.) • Peripherals on Dragonball chip • LCD controller • Has a 4-bit interface to screen • Screen is 160*160 pixels • 1 is black and 0 is white • UART • For serial cradle connector or IRDAs • SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) • Synchronous port for interaction with touch-screen A/D converter • PWM • Drives a transistor audio amplifier and in turn a piezoelectric speaker (8 bit audio streams)

iPAQ H3600 Hardware • Intel StrongArm SA-1110 (206 MHz) • 32 MB of SDRAM • 32 MB of Flash ROM • 4096 color reflective LCD • Touch panel input • Stereo audio output (to a jack) • RS-232 port, USB port, expansion pack interface

StrongARM SA-1110

StrongARM system integration

StrongARM SA-1110 • 2.1 MIPS, 206 Mhz • Normal Mode 240 mW @ 1.55V/133 Mhz, 400 mW @ 1.75V/206 MHz • 32 way set associatve caches • 16 KB I-cache, 8 KB write-back D-cache • 32 entry I and D MMUs • Read/Write buffer

Additional features in chipset • Memory controller for ROM, flash, DRAM (SDRAM), SRAM • LCD controller (1/2/4 bit gray scale or 8/12/16 bit color) • UART, IrDA • Touch-screen, audio port • 6 channel DMA controller • 2-slot PCMCIA controller, 12 Mbps USB controller • 28 general purpose I/O ports, Interrupt controller • Real-time clock with interrupt capability • Power modes: Normal, Idle, Sleep

Memory Map • Four main partitions of 1GB each • 0x0 to 0x3FFFFFFF • 4*238 MB blocks for static memory devices (ROM, SRAM, Flash) • 2*256 MB blocks for PCMCIA Interface (socket 0 and socket 1) • 0x40000000 to 0x7fffffff • 2*128 MB blocks for variable latency I/O devices • 768 MB of reserved space

Memory Map (contd.) • 0x80000000 to 0xbfffffff • Contains all on-chip registers (peripherals regs, sys control regs, memory regs, LCD and DMA regs) • 0xc0000000 to 0xffffffff • 4*128MB of DRAM • 1*128MB mapped within memory controller. • 384MB of reserved space

Two crystals 32.768 Khz and 3.6864 Mhz • Several frequencies can be generated from these by setting CCF (clock config. field) of power manager phase locked loop config. register (PPCR) • Clock frequencies: 59, 73.7, 88.5, 103.2, 118.0, 132.7, 147.5, 162.2, 176.2, 191.7, 206.4, 221.2 MHz • Remember Power = C*V^2*F • 150us transition period when no response to external events and OS timer is stopped • Clock rates of external devices should also be adjusted.

Memory Management • Separate TLBs for instruction and data • Each has 32 entries that can each map • Segment (1 MB) • Large page (8 KB) • Small Page (4 KB) • Round-robin TLB replacement • Data TLB Support (Flush all, Flush entry) • Instruction TLB Support (Flush all)

Instruction Cache • 16 KB, 32-way associative with 32 byte blocks • Replacement is round robin within set • I-cache operates with virtual addresses (both index and tag) • Supports flush-all function

Data Cache • 8KB, 32-way associative with 32 byte blocks. Round robin replacement in set • Allocate only on loads • Flush all, flush entry and copyback entry functions • Works with virtual addresses • 2 dirty bits per block for write-backs • In addition, a mini-data cache, which can be used to hold data that can thrash in main data cache • Mini data cache: 512 byte, 2-way

Data Cache vs Mini Data Cache • Data can reside only in one of them and are searched in parallel • Operation of load/store depends on B (bufferable) and C (cacheable) bits in MMU • If C=1, data can be placed in either Normal or mini based on B bit for a load • If B=0 (and C=1), load miss places block in mini cache • If B=1 (and C=1), load miss places block in normal cache.

Write Buffer • Can avoid stalling on writes • Upto 8 blocks of data of 1 to 16 bytes at different addresses • In the common case, writes are not merged in the write buffer

Read Buffer • Four entry read buffer capable of loading 1,4 or 8 words per entry • Allows software to preload data into them for use at a later time without blocking the processor • Software can also specify which entry to use. Portion of a block can be in one entry while rest can be in another entry – but a word can be in only one entry. • Data can be simultaneously present in D-cache and Read buffer. Data is returned from Read buffer and software has to handle coherence issues.

Handheld Devices (portable but still explicit usage)