Introducing the Arm architecture
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Contents
1 Overview .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6
2 About the Arm architecture .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 7
3 What do we mean by architecture? .................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
4 Architecture and micro-architecture ................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
5 Development of the Arm architecture ............................................................................................................................................................................. 10
6 Other Arm architectures ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11
7 Understanding Arm documentation ................................................................................................................................................................................. 12
7.1. Where is the documentation? ............................................................................................................................................................................. 12
7.2. Which document describes what? ...................................................................................................................................................................... 12
7.3. So, what does this mean for me? ........................................................................................................................................................................ 12
7.4. What information will I find in each document? ............................................................................................................................................... 13
7.5. Differences between reference manuals and user guides ............................................................................................................................... 14
8 Common architecture terms .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 15
9 Check your knowledge ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17
10 Related information .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 18
11 Next steps ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 19