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Microcontroller RISC Family Introduction To ARM Microcontroller 32-bit Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) developed by ARM Holdings Key component of many successful 32-bit embedded systems Widely used in portable consumer devices like: 1. Mobile phones 2. Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) 3. Tablet computers, etc. First ARM1 prototype in 1985 and over lakhs of ARM processors shipped worldwide by the end of 2001 ARM core is not a single core, but a family of designs sharing similar principles and common instruction set One of the successful ARM core is ARM7TDMI, provides high code density and low power consumption, most useful for mobile embedded devices ARM History

ARM Acorn RISC Machine(19831985), Acorn Computers Limited, Cambridge, England ARM Advanced RISC Machine (1990), ARM Limited Now the company named ARM Holdings ARM has been licensed to many semiconductor manufacturers Some company licensing with ARM are: Altera, Intel, IBM, Microsoft, Epson, NEC, Nokia, Motorola, Panasonic, etc.

Advanced RISC Machines ARM Core uses a RISC Architecture ARM is Physical hardware design company. ARM licenses its cores out and other companies make processors based on its cores RISC Design philosophy Limited, simple but powerful instructions that execute within a single cycle at a high clock speed A complex instruction is obtained as a sequence of simple instructions. In RISC processor software (compiler) is complex but the processor architecture (hardware) is simple. Ex : ARM, ATMEL , AVR, MIPS, Power PC etc

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CISC Design philosophy CISC is characterized by large instruction set. The aim of designing CISC processors is to reduce software complexity by increasing the complexity of processor architecture. Very small number of registers are available. Ex : Intel X86 family, Motorola 68000 series CISC versus RISC

RISC Design Rules

Instructions Pipelines Registers Load Store Architecture

Instructions Reduced Number of Instructions Execute in a single cycle The compiler synthesizes complicated operations Each instruction is a fixed length Pipelined instruction execution The processing of instructions is broken down into smaller units that can be executed in parallel by pipelines Pipeline advances by one step on each cycle for maximum throughput

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Registers Have a large general purpose register set Any register can contain either data or address Load-store architecture. Separate load and store instructions transfer data between the register bank and external memory Two dedicated instructions for memory access are: 1. LDR; move word from memory to register 2. STR; move word from register to memory All other instructions have to work on registers only. ARM Design Philosophy Reduce power consumption, hence suitable for battery operated devices High code density, useful for applications that have limited on-board memory Price sensitive, suitable for low-cost memory devices Reduce the area of the die taken up by the embedded processor, hence reduces the cost of designing and manufacturing ARM Incorporated hardware debug technology, so software engineers can view what is happening while the processor is executing code ARM core is not a pure RISC architecture because of its constraints of its primary application for the embedded system. Instruction Set For ARM Embedded System Variable cycle execution for certain instructions, mainly depends on number of registers being transferred Inline barrel shifter leading to more complex instructions, preprocesses one of the input registers before it is used by an instruction Thumb 16 bit instructions, permits to execute either 16-bit or 32-bit instructions, 16 bit instructions improve code density Conditional execution, improves the performance and code density by reducing branching instructions Enhanced Instructions, DSP instructions to support 16x16 bit multiplier operations with faster performance

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Embedded System Hardware System can control different devices Eg. Small sensors in production line to real-time control systems used in satellites Use a combination of software and hardware components An eg. of ARM based embedded device

Embedded System Software System is driven by software Typical components:

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ARM Processor Fundamentals ARM core data flow Functional units connected to data buses

Data bus To carry data (instruction or data item) Von Neumann architecture Instruction decoder translates instruction No data processing instruction to manipulate data in memory, uses load-store architecture to read-write data between memory and register file Register file, r0 to r15 is a storage bank of 32-bit registers Sign extend hardware converts signed 8-bit and 16-bit numbers to 32-bit values when they read from memory to register file ARM instructions have typically two source registers, Rn and Rm and a single result or destination register Rd Source operands are read from register file using internal buses A and B respectively ALU or MAC (Multiply-ACcumulate unit) takes Rn and Rm values from A and B buses and computes a result Data processing instruction write the result Rd directly to the register file through result bus Load and Store instructions uses ALU to generate an address and held it in address register and send it to address bus to access external memory Incrementer updates address register to point next sequential memory for load-store operation Register Rm can be alternatively preprocessed in the barrel shifter before it enters the ALU
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Key components of the processor core are: Registers Current Program Status Registers (cpsr) Pipeline Registers General purpose registers hold either data or address 16 data registers (r0-r15), current Program status register (cpsr) are available in user mode (one of the seven operating mode: protected mode normally for executing applications)

r13-r15 are for special function r13 : Stack pointer r14 : Link register- to put return address whenever it calls a subroutine r15 : Program counter r13 and r14 can also be used as general purpose register when processor is running with operating system

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CPSR To monitor and control internal operations Dedicated 32 bit register in the register file

Four fields (8 bit wide): Flags Status (reserved for future use) Extension (reserved for future use) Control Control eld contains the processor mode, state, and interrupt mask bits Flags eld contains the condition ags. Processor modes Determines which registers are active and the access rights to the cpsr register itself Privileged mode allow full read-write access to cpsr Non previleged mode only allows read access to the control eld in the cpsr but still allows read-write access to the condition ags Privileged mode Abort : Failed to attempt access memory Fast interrupt request Interrupt request Supervisor : Processor is in after reset and OS kernel operates in System: Special mode like user mode (non privileged) allows full read-write access to cpsr Undened :This mode is used when the processor encounters an instruction that is undened or not supported by the implementation Non Privileged Mode User mode : Used for programs and applications.

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Banked Registers Banked registers are available only when the processor is in a particular mode Every processor mode except user mode can change mode by writing directly to the mode bits of the cpsr Banked registers are a subset of the main 16 registers If we change processor mode, a banked register from the new mode will replace an existing register Exceptions and Interrupts cause a mode change Complete ARM register file

Every processor mode except user mode can change mode by writing directly to the mode bits of cpsr All processor mode except system mode have a set of banked registers that are subset of main 16 registers An eg. Processor in interrupt request mode, instructions execute still access registers r13 and r14, however these registers are banked registers r13_irq and r14_irq Processor mode can be changed by a program that writes directly to cpsr or by hardware when the core responds to an exception or interrupt

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Exceptions and interrupts cause mode change are: Reset Interrupt request Fast interrupt request Software interrupt Data abort Pre-fetch abort Undefined instruction Illustration when an interrupt forces to change user mode to interrupt request mode

Happens when an interrupt request due to external device rising an interrupt to the processor core User register r13 and r14 to banked registers r13_irq (contains stack address) and r14_irq (return address) respectively New register spsr_irq appears and stores previous modes cpsr, during return from cpsr restore from spsr_irq o Saving of cpsr to spsr only occurs when an exception or interrupt is raised

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Processor modes and associated binary patterns in cpsr are:

Default mode (when power is applied to core) is supervisor mode, which is privileged mode and useful to initialization code, have full access to cpsr

States and instruction sets State of the core determines which instruction set is being executed Three instruction sets: 1. ARM 2. Thumb 3. Jazelle ( The Jazelle instruction set is a closed instruction set and is not openly available. Jazelle executes 8-bit instructions and is a hybrid mix of software and hardware designed to speed up the execution of Java bytecodes)

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Interrupt masks To stop specific interrupt requests IRQ and FIQ The I bit masks IRQ when set to binary 1, and F bit masks FIQ when set to binary 1 Condition flags Update according to the result of ALU operation

Notation for cpsr bits: small letter for 0 and capital letter for 1

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Conditional Execution Controls whether or not the core will execute an instruction Most instructions have a condition attribute that determines if the core will execute it based on the setting of the condition flags Prior to execution, the processor compares the condition attribute with the condition flags in the cpsr If they match, then the instruction is executed, otherwise the instruction is ignored When a condition mnemonic is not present, the default behavior is set to always (AL) execute Different conditions and its mnemonics are:

Pipeline It is a mechanism in RISC processor used to execute instructions Using pipeline speeds up execution by fetching the next instruction while other instructions are being decoded and executed Different ARM core have different stage pipeline ARM7 core has three stage pipeline:

Fetch loads an instruction from memory Decode identifies the instruction to be executed Execute processes the instruction and writes the result back to a register
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Pipelined instruction sequence for the instructions is shown below: ADD SUB CMP

The process is called filling the pipeline Allows the core to execute an instruction every cycle

ARM9 has 5 stage pipeline:

Higher operating frequency results higher performance Latency increases Increase in instruction throughput by around 13% in 5 stage pipeline Fetch The instruction is fetched from memory and placed in the instruction pipeline Decode The instruction is decoded and register operands read from the register file Execute An operand is shifted and the ALU result generated Memory (Buffer/Data) Data memory is accessed if required. Otherwise the ALU result is buffered for one clock cycle to give the same pipeline flow for all instructions

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Write (Write-Back) The results generated by the instruction are written back to the register file, including any data loaded from memory ARM10 has 6 stage pipeline

Increase in instruction throughput by around 34% in 6 stage pipeline 1.3 Dhrystone MIPS per MHz Code written for the ARM7 will execute on ARM9 and ARM10

Pipeline execution characteristics

Where MSR is the instruction to mask interrupts An instruction in the execute stage will complete even though an interrupt has been raised The execution of a branch instruction or branching by the direct modification of the PC causes the ARM core to flush its pipeline Exceptions, Interrupts, and the Vector Table When an exception or interrupt occurs, the processor set the PC to a specific memory address The address is within a special address range called the vector table The entries in the vector table are instructions that branch to specific routines designed to handle a particular exception or interrupt When an exception or interrupt occurs, the processor suspends normal execution and starts loading instructions from the exception vector table

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Where higher address uses OS like Linux, Microsofts embedded products etc. Exception priority

ARM Processor Exceptions, Modes and its purpose

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When an exception causes a mode change the core automatically Saves the cpsr to the spsr of the exception mode Saves the pc to the lr of the exception mode Set the cpsr to the exception mode Sets pc to the address of the exception handler Core Extensions Standard components placed next to the ARM core To the improve performance, manage resources, provide extra functionality etc. Three hardware extensions 1. Caches and Tightly Coupled Memory (TCM) 2. Memory Management 3. Coprocessors interface Cache and TCM Block of fast memory placed between main memory and the core Allows more efficient fetches from memory Usually single level cache A simplified Von-Neumann style architecture with cache is:

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Where AMBA is Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture A simplified Harvard architecture with TCM is:

Memory management Embedded systems have multiple memory devices Appropriate memory access is provided by memory management Three types: 1. Non protected memory Fixed and less flexible Useful for small system 2. Memory Protection Unit (MPU) Limited number of memory region and controlled by a set of special co-processor registers Suitable for medium range system 3. Memory Management Unit (MMU) Comprehensive type Uses a set of translation tables to provide ne-grained control over memory. These tables are stored in main memory and provide a virtual-to-physical address map as well as access permissions. MMUs are designed for more sophisticated platform operating systems that support multitasking Co-processors Coprocessors can be attached to the ARM processor A separate chip, that performs lot of calculations for the microprocessor, relieving the CPU some of its work and thus enhancing overall speed of system. A secondary processor used to speed up operation by taking over a specific part of main processors work.
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The ARM processor uses coprocessor 15 registers to control cache, TCMs, and memory management ARM Instruction Set The ARM instruction set can be divided into six broad classes of instruction: Branch instructions Data-processing instructions Status register transfer instructions Load and store instructions Coprocessor instructions Exception-generating instructions Most data-processing instructions and one type of coprocessor instruction can update the four condition code flags in the CPSR (Negative, Zero, Carry and oVerflow) according to their result. Different ARM architecture revisions support different instructions New revisions usually add instructions and remain backwardly compatible. Code you write for architecture ARMv4T should execute on an ARMv5TE processor. Complete list of ARM instructions available in the ARMv5E instruction set architecture (ISA)

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Data Processing Instructions The data processing instructions manipulate data within registers. They are move instructions, arithmetic instructions, logical instructions, comparison instructions, and multiply instructions. Most data processing instructions can process one of their operands using the barrel shifter. If you use the S sufx on a data processing instruction, then it updates the ags in the cpsr. Move and logical operations update the carry ag C, negative ag N, and zero ag Z. 1. Move Instructions Simplest ARM instruction. It copies N into a destination register Rd, where N is a register or immediate value. This instruction is useful for setting initial values and transferring data between registers.

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Eg. 1

Eg. 2 r0 = 0x0000 0000 r1 = 0x0000 FFFF MOVN r0,r1 ; r0 = ~r1 POST r0 = 0xFFFF 0000 r1 = 0x0000 FFFF Barrel Shifter A unique and powerful feature of the ARM processor is the ability to shift the 32bit binary pattern in one of the source registers left or right by a specic number of positions before it enters the ALU. This shift increases the power and exibility of many data processing operations. There are data processing instructions that do not use the barrel shift, for example, the MUL (multiply), CLZ (count leading zeros), and QADD (signed saturated 32bit add) instructions. PRE

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LSL:

LSR:

ASR:

ROR:

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RRX:

Eg. 2 (University question) PRE r0 = 0x0000 0000 r1 = 0x0000 0001 r2 = 0x0000 000A MOV r1,r0, ROR r2 Find code segment register content after the execution of given instruction? Soln: MOV r1, r0, ROR r2 results r1 = rotate (unsigned r0 >> r2) POST r0 = 0x0000 0000 r1 = 0x0000 0000 r2 = 0x0000 000A

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Eq. 3

(Left shift by status flag cause change in C flag, Z flag. Here shift left by 1 cause multiply by two to r1, the r0 = r1 x 2. But r1 x 2 = 0x0001 0000 0008, the C flag will set to 1 and r0 = 0x0000 0008) Eg. 4 PRE r0 = 0x8000 0001 r1 = 0x0000 0001 MOV r1,r0,ASR #1 POST r0 = 0xc000 0000 r1 = 0x0000 0001 (ASR is arithmetic shift right, (signed)r0 >> 1 results 0b1100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 = 0xc000 0000) Eg. 5 PRE r0 =0x0000 0000 r2 = 0x8000 0001 cpsr = nzcvqiFt_USR MOV r0,r2,RRX POST cpsr = nzCvqiFt_USR r0 = 0x4000 0000 r2 = 0x8000 0001

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2. Arithmetic Instructions The arithmetic instructions implement addition and subtraction of 32-bit signed and unsigned values

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Eg. 3

PRE

r0 = 0x0000 0000 r1 = 0xFFFF FFFF cpsr = nzCvqiFt_USR ADCS r0,r1,#1 POST r0 = 0x0000 0001 r1 = 0xFFFF FFFF cpsr = nzCvqiFt_USR

; r0 = r1 + 1+ Carry

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Eg.4 PRE cpsr = nzcvqiFt_USR r1 = 0x0000 0001 SUBS r1,r1,#1 POST r1 = 0x0000 0000 cpsr = nZcvqiFt_USR

; r1 = r1 - 1

Eg. 5 (University question) PRE r0 = 0x0000 0000 r2 = 0x0000 000A RSB r0,r2,r2,LSL #3 Soln: Instruction performs r0 = (r2 x 8) r2 = 0x0000 0050 0x0000 000A = 0x0000 0046 Then POST r0 = 0x0000 0046 r2 = 0x0000 000A Eg. 6 PRE r0 = 0x0000 0000 r1 = 0x0000 0004 ADD r0,r1,r1,LSL,#2 POST r0 = 0x0000 0014 r1 = 0x0000 0004 PRE

; r0 = r1 + (r1x4)

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r0 = 0x0000 0000 r1 = 0xFFFF FFF6 ;r1 = -10 ADD r0,r1,r1,ASR #1 ; r0 = r1 + (r1/2) POST r0 = 0xFFFF FFF1 r1 = 0xFFFF FFF6

(r1,ASR #1 results 0xFFFF FFFB = -5 and 0xFFFF FFF6 + 0xFFFF FFFB = 0xFFFF FFF1 = -15)

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3. Logical Instructions Logical instructions perform bitwise logical operations on the two source registers.

Eg. 1 PRE r0 = 0x0000 0000 r1 = 0xF1F1 1111 r2 = 0xF0F0 AAAA AND r0,r1,r2 ; r0 = r1 & r2 POST r0 = 0xF0F0 1111 Eg. 2 PRE r0 = 0x0000 0000 r1 = 0x1234 0000 r2 = 0x0000 5678 ORR r0,r1,r2 POST r0 = 0x1234 5678 Eg. 3 r0 =0xFFFF FFFF r1 = 0xFFFF FFFF cpsr = nzcvqiFt_USR EORS r0,r1,r0 ;r0 = r1 ^ r0 POST r0 =0x0000 0000 cpsr = nZcvqiFt_USR Eg. 4 (University question) PRE r0 = 0x0000 0000 r1 = 0x0000 0001 r2 = 0x0000 000A BIC r0,r1,r2 ; r0 = r1 & ~r2 POST r0 = 0x0000 0001 PRE

; r0 = r1 | r2

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4. Comparison Instructions The comparison instructions are used to compare or test a register with a 32-bit value. They update the cpsr ag bits according to the result, but do not affect other registers

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Eg. 2 (University question) PRE

r0 = 0x0000 0000 r3 = 0x0000 000F PRE cpsr = nzcvqiFt_USR ; Assumption TST r0,r3 POST cpsr = nzcvqiFt_USR

Eg 3: (University question) Obtain the status of cpsr after executing TEQ r0,r1. Assume r0 = 0x0000 000A, r1 = 0xFF00 0000 and processor mode is USER Soln: PRE cpsr = nzcvqIFt_USR ;Assumption r0 = 0x0000 000A r1 = 0xFF00 0000 TEQ r0,r1 POST cpsr nzcvqIFt_USR

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Eq. 4: PRE cpsr = nzcvqIFt_USR r0 = 256 CMN r0,#256 POST cpsr nZcvqIFt_USR ;Assumption

5. Multiply Instructions The multiply instructions multiply the contents of a pair of registers and, depending upon the instruction, accumulate the results in with another register. The long multiplies accumulate onto a pair of registers representing a 64-bit value. The nal result is placed in a destination register or a pair of registers.

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Eg. 2

Eg. 3 (University question): PRE r0 = 0x0000 0000 r1 = 0x0000 0001 r2 = 0x0000 000A r3 = 0x0000 000F UMLAL r0,r1,r2,r3 Soln: Instruction performs [r0,r1] = [r0,r1] + (r2 x r3) r2 x r3 = 0x0000 0000 0000 0096 [r0,r1] = 0x0000 0000 0000 0001 [r0, r1] + (r2 x r3) = 0x0000 0000 0000 0097 POST r0 = 0x0000 0000 r1 = 0x0000 0097 2. Branch Instructions A branch instruction changes the ow of execution or is used to call a routine. This type of instruction allows programs to have subroutines, if-then-else structures, and loops. The change of execution ow forces the program counter to point to a new address The ARMv5E instruction set includes four different branch instructions

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The address label is stored in the instruction as a signed pc-relative offset and must be within approximately 32 MB of the branch instruction. T refers to the Thumb bit in the cpsr. When instructions set T, the ARM switches to Thumb state.

Eg. 1

Forward label skip the instructions followed by B, and backward label provide infinite loop.

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Eg. 2

3. Load-Store Instructions Load-store instructions transfer data between memory and processor registers. There are three types of load-store instructions: 1. Single-register transfer 2. Multiple-register transfer 3. Swap Single-Register Transfer These instructions are used for moving a single data item in and out of a register. The data types supported are signed and unsigned words (32-bit), half words (16bit), and bytes. Various load-store single-register transfer instructions:

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Eg.

Single-Register Load-Store Addressing Modes The ARM instruction set provides different modes for addressing memory. These modes incorporate one of the indexing methods: 1. Pre-index with write back 2. Pre-index 3. Post-index

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Multiple-Register Transfer Load-store multiple instructions can transfer multiple registers between memory and the processor in a single instruction. The transfer occurs from a base address register Rn pointing into memory. Multiple-register transfer instructions are more efcient from single-register transfers for moving blocks of data around memory and saving and restoring context and stacks.

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Eg.

Graphical way of the above example:

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Another example for the demonstration of stack memory:

Swap Instruction The swap instruction is a special case of a load-store instruction. It swaps the contents of memory with the contents of a register.

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Eg.

4. Exception generating instructions One of them is software interrupt instruction (SWI) causes a software interrupt exception, which provides a mechanism for applications to call operating system routines

When the processor executes an SWI instruction, it sets the program counter to the offset 0x8 in the vector table. The instruction also forces the processor mode to SVC, which allows an operating system routine to be called in a privileged mode. Each SWI instruction has an associated SWI number, which is used to represent a particular function call or feature. Eg.

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5. Program Status Register Instructions The ARM instruction set provides two instructions to directly control a program status register (psr). The MRS instruction transfers the contents of either the cpsr or spsr into a register; in the reverse direction, and the MSR instruction transfers the contents of a register into the cpsr or spsr. In the syntax a label called elds. This can be any combination of control (c), extension (x), status (s), and ags (f ). These elds relate to particular byte regions in a psr, as shown below.

Eg. To enable IRQ interrupts by clearing the I mask

This example is in SVC mode. In user mode you can read all cpsr bits, but you can only update the condition ag eld f

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6. Coprocessor Instructions: Coprocessor instructions are used to extend the instruction set. A coprocessor can either provide additional computation capability or be used to control the memory subsystem including caches and memory management. The coprocessor instructions include data processing, register transfer, and memory transfer instructions. Some short overview are:

The cp eld represents the coprocessor number between p0 and p15. The opcode elds describe the operation to take place on the coprocessor. The Cn, Cm, and Cd elds describe registers within the coprocessor.

Eg. Example shows a CP15 register being copied into a general-purpose register.

7. Extension instructions: The ARMv5E extensions provide many new instructions. One of the most important additions is the signed multiply accumulate instructions that operate on 16-bit data. New instructions are:

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Count Leading Zeros Instruction The count leading zeros instruction counts the number of zeros between the most signicant bit and the rst bit set to 1. Eg.

Saturated Arithmetic Normal ARM arithmetic instructions wrap around when overow an integer value. For example, 0x7fffffff+1= -0x80000000. Thus, when you design an algorithm, you have to be careful not to exceed the maximum representable value in a 32-bit integer. Eg.

In the example, registers r1 and r2 contain positive numbers. Register r2 is equal to 0x7fffffff, which is the maximum positive value you can store in 32 bits. In a perfect world adding these numbers together would result in a large positive number. Instead the value becomes negative and the overow ag, V, is set. Using theARMv5E instructions you can saturate the resultonce the highest number is exceeded the results remain at the maximum value of 0x7fffffff. This avoids the requirement for any additional code to check for possible overows.

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Eg.

ARMv5E Multiply Instructions

Eg. The example uses a signed multiply accumulate instruction, SMLATB

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Conditional Execution Most ARM instructions are conditionally executed; the instruction only executes if the condition code ags pass a given condition or test. By using conditional execution, increase performance and code density. The condition eld is a two-letter mnemonic appended to the instruction mnemonic. The default mnemonic is AL, or always execute. Conditional execution reduces the number of branches, which also reduces the number of pipeline ushes and thus improves the performance of the executed code. Conditional execution depends upon two components: the condition eld and condition ags. The condition eld is located in the instruction, and the condition ags are located in the cpsr Eg. 1

Eg. 2 For the following high level code,

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