ARM System Developer's Guide

PREFACE

Increasingly, embedded systems developers and system-on-chip designers select specific microprocessor cores and a family of tools, libraries, and off-the-shelf components to quickly develop new microprocessor-based products. A major player in this industry is ARM. Over the last 10 years, the ARM architecture has become the most pervasive 32-bit architecture in the world, with more than 2 billion ARM-based processors shipped at the time of this writing. ARM processors are embedded in products ranging from cell/mobile phones to automotive braking systems. A worldwide community of ARM partners and third-party vendors has developed among semiconductor and product design companies, including hardware engineers, system designers, and software ...