Company Flashcards
Arm CEO?
Simon Segars (Sea grrrs)
Arm HQ?
Cambridge, England.
Arm Tagline:
A connected world of opportunity.
What percentage of world mobile devices have ARM based processors?
85%
What percent of smartphones have ARM processors with latest architecture? What is the architecture?
Over 50% of smartphones contain processors which implement ARMv8-A architecture.
What chip does iPhone 4s have? What ARM core? What RISC architecture does core use?
Apple A5 has dual-core ARM Cortex-A9. It uses ARMv7-A architecture.
What is latest ARM instruction set architecture version?
ARMv8-A
What are arm cores? Dual cores?
ARM cores implement ARM RISC architectures. Dual cores are two independent processors which can read and execute program instructions.
What are ARM products?
Processor cores: Cortex range(A, R and M). SecurCore.
Graphics Processors: Mali series.
Development and SoC Design Tools: Socrates,
When did ARM begin? What does ARM stand for?
- Advanced RISC machine.
What does ARM Galway do?
IP tooling products. Systems and Software team - so products include Socrates, Corelink and CoreSight.
What does duolog Socrates do?
Helps automate IP configuration and SoC integration.
What are characteristics of different Cortex processors.
A (application) is highest performance.
R (real time) is fast response.
M (micro-controller) is smallest/lowest power.
What are ARM Galway products:
CoreLink (interconnect, memory and system), Coresight Debug
