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ARM

ARM. University of Belgrade School of Electrical Engineering Department of Computer Science. Authors: Goran Timotic gogi@beotel.yu Gvozden Marinkovic mgvozden@eunet.yu Prof. Dr. Veljko Milutinovic vm@etf.bg.ac.yu. ARM - Introduction.

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  1. ARM University of Belgrade School of Electrical Engineering Department of Computer Science Authors: Goran Timotic gogi@beotel.yu Gvozden Marinkovic mgvozden@eunet.yu Prof. Dr. Veljko Milutinovic vm@etf.bg.ac.yu

  2. ARM - Introduction • Advances RISC Machines (now known as ARM) was established as a joint venture between Acorn, Apple and VLSI between Acorn, Apple and VLSI in November 1990 • ARM is the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC microprocessor solutions • The company licenses its high-performance, low-cost, power-efficient RISC processors, peripherals, and system-chip designs to leading international electronics companies • ARM provides comprehensive support required in developing a complete system

  3. ARM - Introduction • Arm 1 • This was the very first ARM processor and was superseded by the ARM2 fairly quickly • Arm 2 • The ARM2 chip, and processor cell, features 27 registers of which 16 are accessible at any one time. Four processor modes are available: • USR : user mode • IRQ : interrupt mode (with a private copy of R13 and R14) • FIQ : fast interrupt mode (private copies of R8 to R14) • SVC : supervisor mode. (private copies of R13 and R14) Currently available processors:

  4. ARM - Introduction • Arm 3 • This is an upgraded ARM2 cell, with a cache and dedicated coprocessor interface added • Arm 6 • This processor cell is the first of the commercially available ARMs to have a full 32bit addressing capability • Additionally the processor now has 31 registers in it along with six new processor modes: • User32 - 32 bit USR mode • Supervisor32 - 32 bit SVC mode (private SPSR register) • IRQ32 - 32 bit IRQ mode (private SPSR register) • FIQ32 - 32 bit FIQ mode. (private SPSR register) • Abort32 - Memory fetch abort mode (private SPSR register) • Undefined32 Undefined instruction mode (private SPSR register)

  5. ARM - Introduction • Thumb • This isn't a processor per se, but more a 16 bit compressed instruction set that is decoded by the Thumb core into full 32 bit instructions that are then fed to an ARM core for execution • This offers two important advantages for the embedded processor market: • Increased code density • Simplified system design • The trade-off includes that the Thumb instruction set loses the conditional instruction execution and can only address the first eight registers of the processor

  6. ARM - Introduction • Arm 7 • The ARM7 cell is functionally identical to the ARM6 cell in capabilities but may be clocked faster than the ARM6 • A variant of the ARM7 cell offers an improved hardware multiply, suitable for DSP work • Arm 8 • Includes a five stage pipeline, a speculative instruction fetcher and internal tweaks to the processor to allow a higher clock speed • StrongARM • This is the high speed variant of the ARM chip family • Architecturally it is similar to the ARM8 core, sharing the five stage pipeline with that processor • A further difference is change from a unified data and instruction cache to a split, Harvard architecture, instruction and data cache

  7. ARM - Introduction • ARM9 • An incremental improvement over the ARM8 this chip features the same five stage pipeline but is now a Harvard Architecture chip, like the StrongARM • ARM 10 • 300 MHz • 400 MIPS • 600 mWatts

  8. ARM Powered Products Consumer Entertainment Automotive Digital Imaging

  9. ARM7 - Features • 32-bit RISC processor (32-bit data & address bus) • Big and Little Endian operating modes • High performance RISC (17 MIPS sustained @ 25 MHz (25 MIPS peak) @ 3V) • Low power consumption (0.6mA/MHz @ 3V fabricated in .8µm CMOS) • Fully static operation (ideal for power-sensitive applications) • Fast interrupt response (for real-time applications) • Virtual Memory System Support • Excellent high-level language support • Simple but powerful instruction set

  10. ARM7 - Applications • The ARM7 is ideally suited to those applications requiring RISC performance from a compact, power-efficient processor • Telecomms - GSM terminal controller • Datacomms - Protocol conversion • Portable Computing - Palmtop computer • Portable Instrument - Hendheld data acquisition unit • Automotive - Engine management unit • Information systems - Smart cards • Imaging - JPEG controller

  11. ARM7 - Block Diagram

  12. ARM7 - Functional Diagram

  13. ARM7 - Signal Description • Clocks • MCLKMemory Clock Input • nWAIT Not wait • Configuration • PROG32 32 bit program configuration • DATA32 32 bit data configuration • BIGEND Big Endian configuration • Interrupts • nIRQNot interrupt request • nFIQ Not fast interrupt request • Bus Controls • ALE Address latch enable • DBE Data bus enable • Power • VDD Power supply • VSS Ground • Processor Mode • nM[4:0] Not processor mode

  14. ARM7 - Signal Description • Memory Interface • A[31:0] Addresses • DATA[31:0] Data bus in • DOUT[31:0] Data bus out • nENOUT Not enable data outputs • nMREQ Not memory request • SEQ Sequential address • nRW Not read/write • nBW Not byte/word • LOCK Locked operation • Memory Management Interface • nTRANS Not memory translate • ABORT Memory abort • Coprocessor Interface • nOPC Not op-code fetch • nCPI Not coprocessor instruction • CPA Coprocessor absent • CPB Coprocessor busy • Other • nEXEC ****************** • nRESET Not reset

  15. ARM7 - Programmer’s Model • ARM7 supports a variety of operating configurations • hardware configurations (controlled by inputs) • operating modes (controlled by software)

  16. ARM7 - Hardware Configuration Signals • 3 hardware configuration signals • Big Endian • Little Endian • Configuration Bits for Backward Compatibility • Hardware configuration signals may be changed while the processor is running

  17. ARM7 - Hardware Configuration Signals • Most significant byte is at lowest address • Word is addressed by byte address of most significant byte Big Endian Higher Address Lower Address

  18. ARM7 - Hardware Configuration Signals • Least significant byte is at lowest address • Word is addressed by byte address of least significant byte Little Endian Higher Address Lower Address

  19. ARM7 - Hardware Configuration Signals • PROG32 and DATA32 are used for backward compatibility with earlier ARM processors (default value is 1) • Provides support for running existing 26 bit programs in the 32 bit environment • This mode is recommended for compatibility with future ARM processors Configuration Bits for Backward Compatibility

  20. ARM7 - Operating Modes • User mode (usr): the normal program execution state • FIQ mode (fiq): designed to support a data transfer or channel process • IRQ mode (irq): used for general purpose interrupt handling • Supervisor mode (svc): a protected mode for the operating system • Abort mode (abt): entered after a data or instruction prefetch abort • Undefined mode (und): entered when an undefined instruction is executed

  21. ARM7 - Registers • 37 registers • 31 general 32 bit registers • 6 status registers • 16 general registers and one or two status registers are visible at any time • The visible registers depend on the processor mode • The other registers (the banked registers) are switched in to support IRQ, FIQ, Supervisor, Abort and Undefined mode processing

  22. ARM7 - Registers • R0 to R15 are directly accessible • R0 to R14 are general purpose • R15 holds the Program Counter (PC) • CPSR - Current Program Status Register contains condition code flags and the current mode bits • 5 SPSRs (Saved Program Status Registers) which are loaded with CPSR when an exceptions occurs

  23. ARM7 - Registers General Registers and Program Counter Modes Program Status Registers

  24. ARM7 - Registers • R14 is used as the subroutine link register and receives a copy of R15 when a Branch and Link instruction is executed • R14_svc, R14_irq, R14_fiq, R14_abt and R14_und are used to • hold the return values of R15 when interrupts and exceptions arise, • when Branch and Link instructions are executed within interrupt or exception routines • FIQ mode has seven banked registers mapped to R8-14 (R8_fiq-R14_fiq) • User mode, IRQ mode, Supervisor mode, Abort mode and Undefined mode each have two banked registers mapped to R13 and R14 • The two banked registers allow these modes to each have a private stack pointer and link register

  25. ARM7 - Registers • The N, Z, C and V are condition code flags • may be changed as a result of arithmetic and logical operations in the processor • may be tested by all instructions to determine if the instruction is to be executed • The I and F bits are the interrupt disable bits • The M0, M1, M2, M3 and M4 bits are the mode bits

  26. ARM7 - Registers The Mode Bits

  27. ARM7 - Exceptions • Exceptions arise whenever there is a need for the normal flow of program execution to be broken, so that the processor can be diverted to handle an interrupt from a peripheral • Many exceptions may arise at the same time • When multiple exceptions arise simultaneously, a fixed priority determines the order in which they are handled • ARM7 handles exceptions by making use of the banked registers to save state

  28. ARM7 - Exceptions • FIQ (Fast Interrupt reQuest) • The FIQ exception is externally generated by taking the nFIQ input LOW. • This input can accept asynchronous transitions, and is delayed by one clock cycle for synchronisation before it can affect the processor execution flow • IRQ (Interrupt ReQuest) • The IRQ exception is a normal interrupt caused by a LOW level on the nIRQ input • ABORT • An ABORT can be signalled by the external ABORT input • ABORT indicates that the current memory access cannot be completed Types of Exceptions

  29. ARM7 - Exceptions • Software interrupt • The software interrupt instruction (SWI) is used for getting into Supervisor mode, usually to request a particular supervisor function • Undefined instruction trap • When the ARM7 comes across an instruction which it cannot handle it offers it to any coprocessors which may be present • If a coprocessor can perform this instruction but is busy at that time, ARM7 will wait until the coprocessor is ready or until an interrupt occurs • If no coprocessor can handle the instruction then ARM7 will take the undefined instruction trap Types of Exceptions

  30. ARM7 - Exceptions • (1) Reset (highest priority) • (2) Data abort • (3) FIQ • (4) IRQ • (5) Prefetch abort • (6) Undefined Instruction, Software interrupt (lowest priority) Exception Priorities

  31. ARM7 - Reset • When the nRESET signal goes LOW, ARM7 abandons the executing instruction and then continues to fetch instructions from incrementing word addresses

  32. ARM7 - Instruction Set Instruction Set Summary

  33. ARM7 - Instruction Set • All ARM7 instructions are conditionally executed, which means that their execution may or may not take place depending on the values of the N, Z, C and V flags in the CPSR • If the always (AL) condition is specified, the instruction will be executed irrespective of the flags • The never (NV) class of condition codes shall not be used as they will be redefined in future variants of the ARM architecture The Condition Field

  34. ARM7 - Instruction Set • Condition field • 0000 = EQ - Z set (equal) • 0001 = NE - Z clear (not equal) • 0010 = CS - C set (unsigned higher or same) • 0011 = CC - C clear (unsigned lower) • 0100 = MI - N set (negative) • 0101 = PL - N clear (positive or zero) • 0110 = VS - V set (overflow) • 0111 = VC - V clear (no overflow) • 1000 = HI - C set and Z clear (unsigned higher) • 1001 = LS - C clear or Z set (unsigned lower or same) • 1010 = GE - N set and V set, or N clear and V clear (greater or equal) • 1011 = LT - N set and V clear, or N clear and V set (less than) • 1100 = GT - Z clear, and either N set and V set, or N clear and V clear (greater than) • 1101 = LE - Z set, or N set and V clear, or N clear and V set (less than or equal) • 1110 = AL - always • 1111 = NV - never

  35. ARM7 - Instruction Set • MUL - Multiply Only • MLA - Multiply and Accumulate • B - Branch • BL - Branch with Link

  36. ARM7 - Instruction Set • Logical Operations Data Processing

  37. ARM7 - Instruction Set • Arithmetic Operations Data Processing

  38. ARM7 - Instruction Set • The MRS and MSR instructions are formed from a subset of the Data Processing operations • They are implemented using the TEQ, TST, CMN and CMP instructions without the S flag set • These instructions allow access to the CPSR and SPSR registers: • The MRS instruction allows the contents of the CPSR or SPSR_<mode> to be moved to a general register • The MSR instruction allows the contents of a general register to be moved to the CPSR or SPSR_<mode> register PSR Transfer (MRS, MSR)

  39. ARM7 - Instruction Set • The single data transfer instructions are used to load or store single bytes or words of data • The memory address used in the transfer is calculated by adding an offset to or subtracting an offset from a base register Single data transfer (LDR, STR)

  40. ARM7 - Instruction Set • Block data transfer instructions are used to load (LDM) or store (STM) any subset of the currently visible registers • They support all possible stacking modes, maintaining full or empty stacks which can grow up or down memory, and are very efficient instructions for saving or restoring context, or for moving large blocks of data around main memory Block data transfer (LDM, STM)

  41. ARM7 - Instruction Set • The data swap instruction is used to swap a byte or word quantity between a register and external memory • This instruction is implemented as a memory read followed by a memory write which are “locked” together (the processor cannot be interrupted until both operations have completed, and the memory manager is warned to treat them as inseparable) Single data swap (SWP)

  42. ARM7 - Instruction Set • The software interrupt instruction is used to enter Supervisor mode in a controlled manner • The instruction causes the software interrupt trap to be taken, which effects the mode change Software interrupt (SWI)

  43. ARM7 - Instruction Set • This class of instruction is used to tell a coprocessor to perform some internal operation • No result is communicated back to ARM7, and it will not wait for the operation to complete Coprocessor data operations (CDP) Coprocessor data transfers (LDC, STC) • This class of instruction is used to load (LDC) or store (STC) a subset of a coprocessors’s registers directly to memory • ARM7 is responsible for supplying the memory address, and the coprocessor supplies or accepts the data and controls the number of words transferred

  44. ARM7 - Instruction Set • This class of instruction is used to communicate information directly between ARM7 and a coprocessor Coprocessor register transfers (MRC, MCR) Undefined instruction • If the condition is true, the undefined instruction trap will be taken

  45. ARM7 - Memory Interface • 32 bit bidirectional data bus D[31:0] • 32 bit address bus • The nRW signal gives the direction of transfer • Control signals give additional information about the transfer cycle • DRAM page mode

  46. ARM7 - Memory Interface • Four categories of transfer cycles • Non-sequential cycle • ARM7 requests a transfer to or from an address which is unrelated to the address used in the preceding cycle • Sequential cycle • ARM7 requests a transfer to or from an address which is either the same as the address in the preceding cycle, or is one word after the preceding address • Internal cycle • ARM7 does not require a transfer, as it is performing an internal function and no useful prefetching can be performed at the same time • Coprocessor register transfer • ARM7 wishes to use the data bus to communicate with a coprocessor, but does not require any action by the memory system

  47. ARM7 - Memory Interface • nMREQ and SEQ lines define cycle type • These control lines are generated during phase 1 of the cycle before the cycle whose characteristics they forecast • This pipelining of the control information gives the memory system sufficient time to decide whether or not it can use a page mode access

  48. ARM7 - Memory Interface • When an S-cycle follows an N-cycle, the address will always be one word greater than the address used in the N-cycle • This address should be checked to ensure that it is not the last in the DRAM page before the memory system commits to the S-cycle ARM Memory Cycle Timing

  49. ARM7 - Memory Interface • When an S-cycle follows an I- or C-cycle, the address will be the same as that used in the I- or C-cycle • This be used to start the DRAM access during the preceding cycle, which enables the S-cycle to run at page mode speed whilst performing a full DRAM access Memory Cycle Optimization

  50. ARM7 - Memory Interface • The processor address bus gives byte addresses, • Instructions are always words (4 bytes) • The nBW control line is used to request a byte from the memory system • normally it is HIGH, signifying a request for a word quantity • it goes LOW during phase 2 of the preceding cycle to request a byte transfer • When the processor is fetching an instruction from memory, the state of the bottom two address lines A[1:0] is undefined • ARM7 will perform the byte extraction internally. Alternatively, the memory system may activate only the addressed byte of the memory Byte Addressing

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