Understanding the Architecture of Arm Cortex-A53 Cache

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This article is authorized and reprinted from the WeChat public account Arm Selected. This article mainly shares the architecture interpretation of A53 cache.

1 A53 uses the classic big-LITTLE architecture

Below is an early classic big-LITTLE architecture diagram.

Understanding the Architecture of Arm Cortex-A53 Cache

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Understanding the Architecture of Arm Cortex-A53 Cache

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2 A53's cache configuration

L1 I-Cache

● Configurable: 8KB, 16KB, 32KB, or 64KB

● Cache line: 64 bytes

● 2-way set associative

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