A8

Highly-optimized for performance and power efficiency

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ARM Processor

  • Cortex M0 Microcontrollers
    Architecture model of the energy efficient Arm micro-controllers
  • Cortex M3 Microcontrollers
    Architecture model of the energy efficient Arm micro-controllers
  • Cortex M4 Microcontrollers
    Architecture model of the energy efficient Arm micro-controllers
  • A7
    power-performance model
  • A8
    Highly-optimized for performance and power efficiency
  • A9
    32-bit processor core
  • A53
    Enables Multi-Core power efficient ARMv8 processor
  • A72
    Enables Multi-Core high performance 64-bit ARMv8 processor
  • R4
    Multi-Core 5G baseband SoC processor

Quick Explanation

  • Dual-issue superscalar design
  • Supports 3 cache execution units
  • Supports multiple memory devices
  • Frequency from 600 MHz to 1 GHz
  • NEON SIMD instruction set extension
  • 13-stage integer pipeline and 10-stage NEON pipeline
  • VFPv3 Floating Point Unit
  • Generates branch prediction
  • Integrated level 2 Cache (0–4 MiB)

Protocol

  • ARM Cortex-A8 is a 32-bit processor core licensed by ARM Holdings implementing the ARMv7-A architecture

Model Link

Implements Advanced Encryption Standard instruction set on dual ARM 8 platform