Embedded Microprocessors - Soft Microprocessors, Arm Architecture, Transmeta Crusoe, Geode, Snapdragon, Leon, Via C3, Nios II, Microblaze (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Soft microprocessors, ARM architecture, Transmeta Crusoe, Geode, Snapdragon, LEON, VIA C3, Nios II, MicroBlaze, VIA C7, Vortex86, PicoBlaze, Tensilica, OpenRISC 1200, CEVA, Inc., Efficeon, LatticeMico32, Rockchip, LatticeMico8, Ingenic Semiconductor, LongRun, VIA CoreFusion, Fast Simplex Link, Nios embedded processor. Excerpt: The ARM is a 32-bit reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by ARM Holdings. It was known as the Advanced RISC Machine, and before that as the Acorn RISC Machine. The ARM architecture is the most widely used 32-bit ISA in terms of numbers produced. They were originally conceived as a processor for desktop personal computers by Acorn Computers, a market now dominated by the x86 family used by IBM PC compatible and Apple Macintosh computers. The relative simplicity of ARM processors made them suitable for low power applications. This has made them dominant in the mobile and embedded electronics market, as relatively low cost, and small microprocessors and microcontrollers. In 2005, about 98% of the more than one billion mobile phones sold each year used at least one ARM processor. As of 2009, ARM processors account for approximately 90% of all embedded 32-bit RISC processors. ARM processors are used extensively in consumer electronics, including PDAs, mobile phones, digital media and music players, hand-held game consoles, calculators and computer peripherals such as hard drives and routers. The ARM architecture is licensable. Companies that are current or former ARM licensees include Alcatel-Lucent, Apple Inc., Atmel, Broadcom, Cirrus Logic, Digital Equipment Corporation, Freescale, Intel (through DEC), LG, Marvell Technology Group, Microsoft, NEC, Nuvoton, Nvidia, NXP (previously Philips), Oki, ON Semiconductor, Qualcomm, Samsung, Sharp, STMicroelec...