ARM Family Processors

9/7/2007

The ARM microprocessor range provides solutions for the following applications:

• Open hardware platforms running complex operating systems with wireless, consumer, and imaging applications.
• Embedded, real-time systems for mass storage, automotive, industrial, and networking applications.
• Secure applications, including smart cards and Single Inline Memory (SIM) modules.

The ARM Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) includes several technology extensions, such as THUMB technology, that enable optimum functionality and performance.

In This Section

• Intrinsic Functions for ARM Microprocessors
  Provides tables and detailed reference information about intrinsic functions supported by key ARM microprocessor families.

• ARM Compiler Options
  Provides reference information about compiler options specific to ARM microprocessors and compilers.

• ARM Calling Sequence Specification
  Provides information about ARM register and stack frame layout, ARM prologs and epilogs for SEH, and reference information about the ARM assembler.

• ARM Assembler
  Describes ARM Assembler macros for prolog and epilog, directives, and command-line options.

Related Sections

• Intrinsic Functions for Device Compilers
  Provides reference information about intrinsic functions supported by all device compilers.

• RISC Processor Data Alignment
  Provides guidelines for data alignment for RISC microprocessors.

• SEH in RISC Environments
  Describes the key differences between Structured Exception Handling in RISC environments.