A9

32-Bit Processor Core

Quick Explanation

  • L1 cache 32 KB I, 32 KB D
  • L2 cache 128 KB–8 MB
  • Out-of-order superscalar execution
  • 8-stage pipeline
  • NEON SIMD instruction set extension
  • VFPv3 floating point unit
  • Thumb-2 instruction set
  • Multi-core processing

Protocol

  • ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore is a 32-bit processor core implementing the ARMv7-A architecture. It is a multicore processor providing up to four cache-coherent cores.

Implementation of Behaviour Definition, Hardware Architecture & Mapping