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1.7
Product documentation and design flow
This section describes the Cortex-A53 processor books and how they relate to the design flow
in:
•
Documentation
.
•
Design flow
on page 1-11
.
See
Additional reading
on page ix
for more information about the books described in this
section. For information on the relevant architectural standards and protocols, see
Compliance
on page 1-3
.
1.7.1
Documentation
The Cortex-A53 processor documentation is as follows:
Technical Reference Manual
The
Technical Reference Manual
(TRM) describes the functionality and the
effects of functional options on the behavior of the Cortex-A53 processor. It is
required at all stages of the design flow. The choices made in the design flow can
mean that some behavior described in the TRM is not relevant. If you are
programming the Cortex-A53 processor then contact:
•
The implementer to determine:
—
The build configuration of the implementation.
—
What integration, if any, was performed before implementing the
Cortex-A53 processor.
•
The integrator to determine the pin configuration of the device that you are
using.
There are separate TRMs for:
•
The optional Advanced SIMD and Floating-point Extension.
•
The optional Cryptography Extension.
Configuration and Sign-off Guide
The
Configuration and Sign-off Guide
(CSG) describes:
•
The available build configuration options and related issues in selecting
them.
•
How to configure the
Register Transfer Level
(RTL) source files with the
build configuration options.
•
How to integrate RAM arrays.
•
How to run test vectors.
•
The processes to sign off the configured design.
The ARM product deliverables include reference scripts and information about
using them to implement your design. Reference methodology flows supplied by
ARM are example reference implementations. Contact your EDA vendor for
EDA tool support.
The CSG is a confidential book that is only available to licensees.
Integration Manual
The
Integration Manual
(IM) describes how to integrate the Cortex-A53
processor into a SoC. It includes a description of the pins that the integrator must
tie off to configure the processor. Some of the integration is affected by the
configuration options used when implementing the Cortex-A53 processor.