Understanding the ARM Cortex-M Processor Family

Understanding the ARM Cortex-M Processor Family

Today, the ARM Cortex-M processor family has 8 processor members. In addition, ARM’s product line includes many other processor members. For many beginners, and even for some chip designers with rich experience but not familiar with ARM series processors, it is easy to confuse these products. Different ARM processors have different instruction sets, system functions, … Read more

Understanding the Differences Between Snapdragon 4, 6, 7, and 8 Series Processors

Understanding the Differences Between Snapdragon 4, 6, 7, and 8 Series Processors

Qualcomm‘s Snapdragon processors are one of the most common SoCs in the Android smartphone field. Samsung uses Snapdragon in its various market Galaxy S series, but these chips also power the vast majority of flagship Android phones on the market. However, Snapdragon chips are not only found in expensive flagship smartphones; there is a whole … Read more

Understanding CPU Manufacturing Processes: Why Numbers Alone Don’t Tell the Whole Story

Understanding CPU Manufacturing Processes: Why Numbers Alone Don't Tell the Whole Story

[Image]Whether it’s CPU, GPU, or flash memory, the manufacturing process is a core factor that determines their performance. From the surface numbers, a smaller process number indicates more advanced technology, allowing more transistors to fit into a smaller space, reducing leakage current, enhancing overall chip performance, and lowering power consumption. However, due to the lack … Read more

Cortex-X1: The Bigger Arm

Cortex-X1: The Bigger Arm

Cortex-X1: The Bigger Arm Arm targets larger, bigger, and smaller designs with X1 and Cortex-A78 Linley Gwennap (June 1, 2020) To assist mobile users in developing a three-layer CPU cluster, Arm has introduced two new high-end cores: the larger Cortex-A78 and the even larger Cortex-X1. The X1 is the first in the more powerful mobile … Read more

Understanding Arm NEON: CPU Optimization Techniques and Introduction to NEON

Understanding Arm NEON: CPU Optimization Techniques and Introduction to NEON

Click on the card below to follow Arm Technology Academy This article is selected from the “Embedded AI” column of Jishu, authorized to be reprinted from the Zhihu author High-Performance Computing Institute’s “Mobile Algorithm Optimization“. Previously, we learned how to quickly get started with NEON programming, Arm NEON optimization techniques and Arm NEON Learning (III) … Read more

Essential Guide to Choosing Smart TVs: The Importance of CPU

Essential Guide to Choosing Smart TVs: The Importance of CPU

Smart TVs have become an indispensable entertainment product in households, as modern people are increasingly dissatisfied with just watching TV or browsing the internet on computers. Since mobile phone systems have transitioned to smart technology, TVs have become the next “target”. As the functions of smart TV systems become more complex and the applications more … Read more