Preface
ARM DDI 0301H
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About this book
This book is for ARM1176JZF-S processor. In this manual the generic term processor means
the ARM1176JZF-S processor.
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Intended audience
This document has been written for hardware and software engineers implementing the
processor system designs. It provides information to enable designers to integrate the processor
into a target system as quickly as possible.
Using this book
This book is organized into the following chapters:
Chapter 1
Introduction
Read this for an introduction to the processor and descriptions of the major
functional blocks.
Chapter 2
Programmer’s Model
Read this for a description of the processor registers and programming details.
Chapter 3
System Control Coprocessor
Read this for a description of the processor’s system control coprocessor CP15
registers and programming details.
Chapter 4
Unaligned and Mixed-endian Data Access Support
Read this for a description of the processor support for unaligned and
mixed-endian data accesses.
Chapter 5
Program Flow Prediction
Read this for a description of the functions of the processor’s Prefetch Unit,
including static and dynamic branch prediction and the return stack.
Chapter 6
Memory Management Unit
Read this for a description of the processor’s
Memory Management Unit
(MMU)
and the address translation process.
Chapter 7
Level One Memory System
Read this for a description of the processor’s level one memory system, including
caches, TCM, DMA, TLBs, and write buffer.
Chapter 8
Level Two Interface
Read this for a description of the processor’s level two memory interface and the
peripheral port.
Chapter 9
Clocking and Resets
Read this for a description of the processor’s clocking modes and the reset
signals.