Cycle Timings and Interlock Behavior
ARM DDI 0388I
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About instruction cycle timing
This chapter provides information to estimate how much execution time particular code
sequences require. The complexity of the Cortex-A9 processor makes it impossible to calculate
precise timing information manually. The timing of an instruction is often affected by other
concurrent instructions, memory system activity, and additional events outside the instruction
flow. Detailed descriptions of all possible instruction interactions, and all possible events taking
place in the processor, is beyond the scope of this document.