ARM DDI 0500D
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Contents
ARM Cortex-A53 MPCore Processor Technical
Reference Manual
Preface
About this book .......................................................................................................... vii
Feedback .................................................................................................................... xi
Chapter 1
Introduction
1.1
About the Cortex-A53 processor ............................................................................. 1-2
1.2
Compliance .............................................................................................................. 1-3
1.3
Features ................................................................................................................... 1-5
1.4
Interfaces ................................................................................................................. 1-6
1.5
Implementation options ............................................................................................ 1-7
1.6
Test features ............................................................................................................ 1-9
1.7
Product documentation and design flow ................................................................ 1-10
1.8
Product revisions ................................................................................................... 1-12
Chapter 2
Functional Description
2.1
About the Cortex-A53 processor functions .............................................................. 2-2
2.2
Interfaces ................................................................................................................. 2-7
2.3
Clocking and resets ................................................................................................. 2-9
2.4
Power management ............................................................................................... 2-16
Chapter 3
Programmers Model
3.1
About the programmers model ................................................................................ 3-2
3.2
ARMv8-A architecture concepts .............................................................................. 3-4
Chapter 4
System Control
4.1
About system control ............................................................................................... 4-2