Linux Support for the ARM Architecture
Key benefits of Linux on ARM Complete scalable operating system providing a reliable multi-tasking environment Based on an open source model (GPL) Leverage a wide range of UNIX and open source...
View ArticleSpecification of FMTrace format
Hello, Can anyone show me where I can find the specification for the trace format FMTrace? I would like to manually parse the raw trace data obtained from debugging something on a FVP. Thank you,...
View ArticleRaspberryPI3学习笔记0x02——Debian系统安装和配置
入手raspberryPi3有一段时间了，来回捯饬，废了不少事。简单记录，学习过程，供后来者参考。 （以下简称PI3） 0.安装前准备 A.配有高清线的显示器 B.USB键盘 C.USB鼠标 D.读卡器 1.系统安装 1.1系统下载 树莓派官方 Raspbian 系统下载：http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads 1.2系统安装...
View ArticleAXI3 & AXI4 wrap burst length
Hi, Was going through AXI spec. As per AXI spec: "AXI3 supports burst lengths of 1 to 16 transfers, for all burst types." "AXI4 extends burst length support for the INCR burst type to 1 to 256...
View ArticleOS influence on power consumption
Power consumption is an issue. With portable devices this affects battery life. [I am irritated by the short intervals between necessary charging sessions with my phone. On the other hand, my netbook...
View ArticleBooting Linux on the ARMv8-A model provided with DS-5 Ultimate Edition 5.24...
This blog is an update of one I wrote a couple of years ago, referencing the latest FVP models provided with DS-5 (v5.24 at time of writing) and the latest pre-built Linaro distributions. It is...
View ArticleWebinar: How can I use an FPGA as software accelerator?
In some projects, we find that even the fastest CPU on the market does not offer the performance we need. Or, that a CPU that does meet our demands requires too much power to achieve the required...
View ArticleTutorial: Energy monitoring on the Juno
1. Introduction 2. Monitoring in software 2.1 Linux 2.2 Bare-metal 3. Monitoring in hardware 1. Introduction The Juno board implements a set of APB energy meter registers in an IOFPGA. These...
View ArticleSynchronization primitives, do I need CLREX?
Hi all, I'm trying to understand the LDREX/STREX commands in an ARM Cortex M3 MCU to implement atomic access to various variables (the goal is to implement semaphores/mutexes or increment/decrement...
View ArticleHow to get Streamline Mali HW counters working on S6 Android 6.0.1
Hi, I am attempting to get the Mali hardware counters on the S6 working, however the last information I could find was in a post on this forum, stating that the counters were broken by Samsung....
View Articlecan we delay read and write transactions(axi4) by providing delay in register...
Basically I want to provide delay of 15 clock cycles for writing and reading through axi4 bus .Is it possible?
View ArticleARM’s growth in Q1 revenues, Intel will cut 12,000 jobs, report reveals...
Many reporters including Stu Woo from The Wall Street Journal highlight ARM’s growth in Q1 revenues, quoting Simon Segars as stating, “Going forward, we are expecting our operating expenditures to be...
View ArticleSGIs in AMP Configuration with Non-SMP Linux /RTOS
I am trying to run two Cortex-A7s in AMP configuration with Linux running on one core (SMP disabled) and baremetal/RTOS running on other core. I am having difficulty in setting up SGIs (IPIs) between...
View ArticleEarly IOT Predictor Adds Humans to the Swarm
Berkeley’s Dr. Rabaey predicted trouble with the IOT back in 2008. At the upcoming IEEE IMS 2016 event, he’ll propose an open, scalable human Intranet to deal with the legacy issues. By John Blyler,...
View ArticleSEARAN dotstack for Humanitarian Efforts around the World
SEARAN, creator of the Bluetooth technology that has received so much attention lately in the media for innovative consumer, home automation, automotive and other “sexy” connected products, also helps...
View ArticleAbout AHB5 protection control signals
In AHB5, we have extended memory bits as [6:4] hprot. Previously we have [3:0] hprot. For implementation purpose, i treated [6:4] as a separate signal. This separate signal am qualifying based on some...
View ArticleSystem Validation at ARM: Enabling our Partners to Build Better Systems
(Huge thanks to the system validation team in Bangalore for providing me with all of the technical information here. Much appreciated!) Functional validation is widely acknowledged as one of the...
View ArticleDS-5 with the armasm toolchain capabilities?
I'm investigating resources for a college class I teach that has a significant assembly language programming component. The textbook has used MIPS assembly as the teaching language. A new version of...
View ArticleMobile synchronisation with VR environment
Hi ARM development team, I hope this is the correct place to ask. I was at the VRTGO developer meet up in Gateshead a few weeks ago where I met briefly with @Roberto Lopez Mendez. Although his talk...
View ArticleARM发布Q1财报，某半导体巨擘裁员12000人
ARM昨日公布第一季度财报： 截止三月底ARM营收达到2.764亿GBP（约3.964亿USD），同比增长21%。 净利润位9150万GBP（月1.3亿USD），同比增长7.6% 目前看来，ARM的财务状况比较正常。 同时传出的消息是某半导体业界巨擘宣布裁员12000人，将近全部员工的11%。是否预示着PC红利的终结。
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