Preface
ARM DDI 0500D
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About this book
This book is for the Cortex-A53 MPCore processor. This is a cluster device that has between
one and four cores.
Product revision status
The r
m
p
n
identifier indicates the revision status of the product described in this book, for
example, r1p2, where:
r
m
Identifies the major revision of the product, for example, r1.
p
n
Identifies the minor revision or modification status of the product, for example,
p2.
Intended audience
This book is written for system designers, system integrators, and programmers who are
designing or programming a
System-on-Chip
(SoC) that uses the Cortex-A53 processor.
Using this book
This book is organized into the following chapters:
Chapter 1
Introduction
Read this for an introduction to the Cortex-A53 processor and descriptions of the
major features.
Chapter 2
Functional Description
Read this for a description of the functionality of the Cortex-A53 processor.
Chapter 3
Programmers Model
Read this for a description of the programmers model.
Chapter 4
System Control
Read this for a description of the system registers and programming information.
Chapter 5
Memory Management Unit
Read this for a description of the
Memory Management Unit
(MMU).
Chapter 6
Level 1 Memory System
Read this for a description of the
Level 1
(L1) memory system.
Chapter 7
Level 2 Memory System
Read this for a description of the
Level 2
(L2) memory system.
Chapter 8
Cache Protection
Read this for a description of the cache protection.
Chapter 9
Generic Interrupt Controller CPU Interface
Read this for a description of the
Generic Interrupt Controller
(GIC) CPU
Interface.
Chapter 10
Generic Timer
Read this for a description of the Generic Timer.