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Table 5-1. Cortex-A15 Processor Core Supported Features (continued)
FEATURES DESCRIPTION
Cortex-A15 processor version R2P4
Integer core Main core for processing integer instructions
NEON core Gives greatly enhanced throughput for media workloads and VFP-Lite support
Architecture Extensions Security, virtualization and LPAE (40-bit physical address) extensions
L1 Lcache and Dcache 32KB, 2-way, 16 word line, 128 bit interface
L2 cache 1024KB, 16-way, 16 word line, 128 bit interface to L1, ECC/Parity is supported shared between cores
L2 valid bits cleared by software loop or by hardware
Cache Coherency Support for coherent memory accesses between A15 cores and other non-core master peripherals
(Ex: EDMA) in the DDR3A and MSMC SRAM space.
Branch target address cache Dynamic branch prediction with Branch Target Buffer (BTB) and Global History Buffer (GHB), a return
stack, and an indirect predictor
Enhanced memory management Mapping sizes are 4KB, 64KB, 1MB, and 16MB
unit
Buses 128b AXI4 internal bus from Cortex-A15 converted to a 256b VBUSM to interface (through the
MSMC) with MSMC SRAM, DDR EMIF, ROM, Interrupt controller and other system peripherals
Non-invasive Debug Support Processor instruction trace using 4x Program Trace Macrocell (Coresight™ PTM), Data trace (print-f
style debug) using System Trace Macrocell (Coresight™ STM) and Performance Monitoring Units
(PMU)
Misc Debug Support JTAG based debug and Cross triggering
Voltage SmartReflex voltage domain for automatic voltage scaling
Power Support for standby modes and separate core power domains for additional leakage power reduction
5.3.3 ARM Interrupt Controller
The ARM CorePac interrupt controller (AINTC) is responsible for prioritizing all service requests from the
system peripherals and the secondary interrupt controller CIC2 and then generating either nIRQ or nFIQ
to the Cortex-A15 processor. The type of the interrupt (nIRQ or nFIQ) and the priority of the interrupt
inputs are programmable. The AINTC interfaces to the Cortex-A15 processor via the AXI port through an
VBUS2AXI bridge and runs at half the processor speed. It has the capability to handle up to 480 requests,
which can be steered/prioritized as A15 nFIQ or nIRQ interrupt requests.
The general features of the AINTC are:
• Up to 480 level sensitive shared peripheral interrupts (SPI) inputs
• Individual priority for each interrupt input
• Each interrupt can be steered to nFIQ or nIRQ
• Independent priority sorting for nFIQ and nIRQ
• Secure mask flag
On the chip level, there is a dedicated chip level interrupt controller to serve the ARM interrupt controller.
See Section 7.3 for more details.
The figure below shows an overall view of the ARM CorePac Interrupt Controller.
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