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Chapter 1
Introduction
The MicroBlaze™ Processor Reference Guide provides information about the 32-bit soft processor,
MicroBlaze, which is part of the Embedded Processor Development Kit (EDK). The document is
intended as a guide to the MicroBlaze hardware architecture.
Guide Contents
This guide contains the following chapters:
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Chapter 2, MicroBlaze Architecture, contains an overview of MicroBlaze features as well as
information on Big-Endian and Little-Endian bit-reversed format, 32-bit general purpose
registers, cache software support, and Fast Simplex Link interfaces.
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Chapter 3, MicroBlaze Signal Interface Description, describes the types of signal interfaces
that can be used to connect MicroBlaze.
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Chapter 4, MicroBlaze Application Binary Interface, describes the Application Binary
Interface important for developing software in assembly language for the soft processor.
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Chapter 5, MicroBlaze Instruction Set Architecture, provides notation, formats, and
instructions for the Instruction Set Architecture of MicroBlaze.
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Appendix A, Additional Resources, provides links to EDK documentation and additional
resources.
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