6.1. The Diamond Standard Series of 32-bit Processor Cores
The Tensilica Diamond Standard Series is a family of 32-bit microprocessor cores based on Tensilica’s Xtensa ISA. The Diamond Series ISA is implemented as a set of 24-bit instructions that are targeted at a wide range of embedded applications. The most common instructions also have a 16-bit narrow encoding and the Diamond Series architecture allows modeless switching between 24- and 16-bit instructions. Consequently, the Diamond Series processors achieve one of the highest code densities among all 32-bit RISC processor cores, which reduces the amount of on-chip instruction memory required to execute a given task. The initial set of Diamond cores consists of two general-purpose control ...
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