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2016-04-28 - Giant Gecko Family - d0053_Rev1.20
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4 System Processor
0 1 2 3
4
CM3 Core
3 2 - bit ALU
Cont rol Logic
Thum b & Thum b- 2
Decode
Inst ruct ion Int erface
Dat a Int erface
NVIC Int erface
Single cycle
32- bit m ult iplier
Hardware divider
Mem ory Prot ect ion Unit
Quick Facts
What?
The industry leading Cortex-M3 processor
from ARM is the CPU in the EFM32GG
microcontrollers.
Why?
The ARM Cortex-M3 is designed for
exceptional short response time, high
code density, and high 32-bit throughput
while maintaining a strict cost and power
consumption budget.
How?
Combined with the ultra low energy
peripherals available, the Cortex-M3 makes
the EFM32GG devices perfect for 8- to 32-
bit applications. The processor is featuring a
Harvard architecture, 3 stage pipeline, single
cycle instructions, Thumb-2 instruction set
support, and fast interrupt handling.
4.1 Introduction
The ARM Cortex-M3 32-bit RISC processor provides outstanding computational performance and
exceptional system response to interrupts while meeting low cost requirements and low power
consumption.
The ARM Cortex-M3 implemented is revision r2p1.
4.2 Features
• Harvard Architecture
• Separate data and program memory buses (No memory bottleneck as for a single-bus system)
• 3-stage pipeline
• Thumb-2 instruction set
• Enhanced levels of performance, energy efficiency, and code density
• Single-cycle multiply and efficient divide instructions
• 32-bit multiplication in a single cycle
• Signed and unsigned divide operations between 2 and 12 cycles
• Atomic bit manipulation with bit banding
• Direct access to single bits of data
• Two 1MB bit banding regions for memory and peripherals mapping to 32MB alias regions
• Atomic operation which cannot be interrupted by other bus activities
• 1.25 DMIPS/MHz
• Memory Protection Unit
• Up to 8 protected memory regions
• 24-bit System Tick Timer for Real-Time Operating System (RTOS)
• Excellent 32-bit migration choice for 8/16 bit architecture based designs
• Simplified stack-based programmer's model is compatible with traditional ARM architecture and
retains the programming simplicity of legacy 8- and 16-bit architectures
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