ARM Cortex-A9

ARM Cortex-A9
Designed by ARM Holdings
Max. CPU clock rate 0.8 GHz  to 2 GHz 
Microarchitecture ARMv7-A
Cores 1–4
L1 cache 32 KB I, 32 KB D
L2 cache 128 KB–8 MB (configurable with L2 cache controller)

The ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore is a 32-bit processor core licensed by ARM Holdings implementing the ARMv7-A architecture. It is a multicore processor providing up to 4 cache-coherent cores.[1]

Overview

Key features of the Cortex-A9 core are:[2]

ARM states that the TSMC 40G hard macro implementation typically operating at 2 GHz; a single core (excluding caches) occupies less than 1.5 mm2 when designed in a TSMC 65 nanometer (nm) generic process[4] and can be clocked at speeds over 1 GHz, consuming less than 250 mW per core.[5]

Chips

MediaTek M6575

Several system on a chip (SoC) devices implement the Cortex-A9 core, including:

Systems on a chip

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Developer Name Cores Process NEON SIMD Vector floating point unit GPU
Altera SoC FPGA 1–2 28 nm Yes VFPv3 optionally implemented in FPGA; TES Electronic Solutions D/AVE HD
AMLogic AML8726-M 1 65 nm Yes VFPv3 ARM Mali-400
AMLogic AML8726-MX 2 40 nm Yes VFPv3 ARM Mali-400 MP2
AMLogic AML8726-M8 4 28 nm Yes VFPv3 ARM Mali-450 MP6
Apple Inc. A5 2 32 nm
45 nm		Yes VFPv3 PowerVR SGX543MP2
Apple Inc. A5X 2 45 nmYes VFPv3 PowerVR SGX543MP4
Broadcom BCM11311 (Persona ICE) 2 40 nm? ? Broadcom Videocore IV
Broadcom BCM21654 1 40 nmYes VFPv3 Broadcom Videocore IV
Broadcom BCM21664T 2 40 nmYes VFPv3 Broadcom Videocore IV
Calxeda EnergyCore ECX-1000[9] 4 40 nmYes VFPv3 –
Freescale Semiconductor i.MX6[33] 1-4 40 nm Yes VFPv3-D32 Vivante Corporation GPU IP cores[34]
HiSilicon K3V2 (Hi3620) 4 40 nm Yes VFPv3 Vivante GC4000
LG Corp LG L9 2 ?? ? ARM Mali-400 MP4
Marvell PXA986 2 45 nmYes VFPv3 PowerVR SGX540 / Vivante GC1000 (Galaxy Tab 3 7-inch)
Marvell PXA988 2 45 nm Yes VFPv3 Vivante GC1000
MediaTek MT6575 1 40 nmYes VFPv3 PowerVR SGX531[16]
MediaTek MT6577 2 40 nm Yes VFPv3 PowerVR SGX531[17]
Mindspeed Technologies Comcerto 2000 2 ? Yes ? –
Nufront NuSmartTM 2816(NS2816) 2 ? Yes VFPv3 ARM Mali-400[35]
Nufront NuSmartTM 2816M (NS2816M) 2 ? Yes VFPv3 ARM Mali-400
Nufront NuSmartTM 115 (NS115) 2 ? Yes VFPv3 ARM Mali-400
Nvidia Tegra 2 series 2 40 nm No VFPv3-D16 GeForce ULP
Nvidia Tegra 3 (Kal-El) series 4 40 nm Yes VFPv3 GeForce ULP
Renesas Electronics ? ? ? ? –
Renesas Electronics RZ/A1H[36] 1 various Yes VFPv3 
WXGA 2D graphics 10MByte RAM SoC
Renesas Electronics RZ/A1M[37] 1 various Yes VFPv3 
WXGA 2D graphics 5MByte RAM SoC
Renesas Electronics RZ/A1L[38] 1 various Yes VFPv3 
WXGA 2D graphics 3MByte RAM SoC
Renesas Electronics RZ/A1LU[39] 1 various Yes VFPv3

RZ/A1L plus Ethernet AVB support and a JPEG codec unit, 3MByte RAM SoC

Rockchip RK2928 1 40 nm? ? ARM Mali-400
Rockchip RK3066[24] 2 40 nmYes VFPv3 ARM Mali-400 MP4
Rockchip RK3128 2 ?Yes VFPv3 ARM Mali-400 MP4
Rockchip RK3188[40] 4 28 nm Yes VFPv3 ARM Mali-400 MP4
Samsung Exynos 4 Dual (4210) 2 45 nm Yes VFPv3 ARM Mali-400 MP4
Samsung Exynos 4 Dual (4212) 2 32 nmYes VFPv3 ARM Mali-400 MP4
Samsung Exynos 4 Quad (4412) 4 32 nmYes VFPv3 ARM Mali-400 MP4
Samsung Exynos 4 Quad (4415) 4 28 nmYes VFPv3 ARM Mali-400 MP4
STMicroelectronics SPEAr1310 ? ?No VFPv3 –
STMicroelectronics SPEAr1340 2 ?No VFPv3-D16 ARM Mali-200[41]
ST-Ericsson Nova A9500 2 45 nmYes VFPv3 ARM Mali-400
ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500 2 45 nmYes VFPv3 ARM Mali-400
ST-Ericsson NovaThor U9500 2 45 nmYes VFPv3 ARM Mali-400
Sony PlayStation Vita 4 40 nmYes VFPv3 PowerVR SGX543MP4+
Texas Instruments Sitara AM437x 1 45 nm Yes VFPv3 SGX530 Graphics Engine
Texas Instruments OMAP4430
OMAP4460 		2 45 nmYes VFPv3 PowerVR SGX540
Texas Instruments OMAP4470 2 45 nmYes VFPv3 PowerVR SGX544
Trident Microsystems PNX8473[42] 1 ?? ? PowerVR SGX531
Trident Microsystems PNX8483[43] 1 ? ? ? PowerVR SGX531
Trident Microsystems PNX8491[44] 1 ?? ? PowerVR SGX531
WonderMedia WM8850 1 ?Yes ? ARM Mali-400
WonderMedia WM8880 2 40 nm? ? ARM Mali-400 MP2
WonderMedia WM8950 1 ?? ? ARM Mali-400[30]
WonderMedia WM8980 2 40 nm? ? ARM Mali-400 MP2
Xilinx Zynq-7000[45] 2 28 nm Yes VFPv3 –
ZiiLABS ZMS-20 ? ?Yes VFPv3 ZiiLABS flexible Stemcell media processing

Development platforms

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Developer Name SoC RAM Flash SD SATA USB Ethernet Wi-Fi Bluetooth Other
Boardcon EM4418

MINI4418

 Samsung S5P4418 1GB DDR3 4GB eMMC 1 SD/MMC 2 x USB 2.0 Host + 1 x USB 2.0 OTG 10/100/1000M-bit Ethernet MAC(RTL8211E-VB-CG) 802.11b/g/n Bluetooth4.0 GPS,3G
FriendlyARM NanoPi-2[46]

NanoPi-2 Fire[47] NanoPi M2[48] NanoPC-T2[49]

 Samsung Exynos 4210 32bit 1GB DDR3 8GB on PC-T2 2 microSD ports 2.0 USB port/s RTL8211E on NanoPi-2 Fire, M2, PC-T2. 802.11b/g/n BT 4.0 Dual mode 40 RasberryPi compatible GPIO pins, UART, very small size and cost.
Origenboard Origenboard[50] Samsung Exynos 4210 1 GiB DDR3 2 port SD/MMC embedded SWB-A31 SWB-A31
Odroid Odroid-X[51] Samsung Exynos 4412 2 GiB LPDDR2-800 SDHC + eMMC module socket (non-standard) 6×USB 2.0 host + micro-USB 2.0 device 10/100 Mbit/s
Odroid Odroid-U3[52] Samsung Exynos 4412 2 GB eMMC module socket (non-standard), microSD 3×USB 2.0 host + micro-USB 2.0 device/host 10/100 Mbit/s Hardkernel has other product variants using the 4412. USB supports external Notebook harddrive with no external power. Preloaded emmc with Android and LUbuntu available.[53]
PandaBoard PandaBoard TI OMAP4430[54] 1 GiB LPDDR2 SD/MMC LAN9514-JZX LAN9514-JZX LS240-WI-01-A20 LS240-WI-01-A20
Calao systems Snowball[55] ST-Ericsson Nova A9500[56] 1 GiB LPDDR2 4/8 GB eMMC microSD FT232R LAN9221 AW-NH580 AW-NH580 GPS, accelerometer, magnetometer, gyroscope, barometer
Trim-Slice Trim-Slice[57] Tegra 2 series 1 GiB DDR2-667 SDHC + microSDHC GL830 embedded RTL8111DL RT3070
Radxa Radxa Rock[58] Rockchip RK3188 2 GiB DDR3-800 8 GB microSDXC 2×USB 2.0 host + micro-USB 2.0 device 10/100 Mbit/s 150 Mbit/s 802.11b/g/n Bluetooth 4.0
TOPIC Miami/Florida[59] Xilinx xc7z030 1 GiB DDR3L 256Mb NOR 1Gb NAND microSD 2x (FPGA) USB 2.0 OTG 10/100/1000 Mbit/s 802.11b/g/n Single chip CPU/FPGA module. HDMI-in/out, PMOD, 4x serial.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore". Arm.com. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
  2. ↑ "Cortex-A9 Processor Specifications". ARM.
  3. ↑ "White paper: The ARM Cortex-A9 Processors" (PDF). ARM.
  4. ↑ "Cortex-A9 Single Core Processor". Arm.com. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
  5. ↑ "ARM spins multicore-enabled Cortex core - News - Linux for Devices".
  6. ↑ SoC FPGA overview, Altera
  7. ↑ Mobile Internet Devices, Amlogic, archived from the original on 4 May 2014
  8. ↑ "BCM11311 - Persona ICE Application Processor". Broadcom.
  9. 1 2 "EnergyCore™ ECX-1000: Technical Specifications". Calxeda. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
  10. ↑ "High Performance, Dual-Core IP Set-top Box SoC". Entropic.
  11. ↑ "Introducing the i.MX 6 Series". Freescale Semiconductor.
  12. ↑ http://www.hisilicon.com
  13. ↑ "HiSilicon Unveils Quad-Core Cortex A9 K3V2 Processor (Hi3620)".
  14. ↑ Johnny Cullen (24 January 2011). "Sony outs tech specs for NGP". VG247. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  15. ↑ "Sony Playstation Vita Teardown & Product Analysis". TechInsights. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  16. 1 2 "MediaTek - MT6575". MediaTek.
  17. 1 2 "MediaTek - MT6577". MediaTek.
  18. ↑ Roy Rubenstein (9 October 2012). "An ARM based programmable processor is set to enable new communications products".
  19. ↑ Kevin Trosian (8 January 2013). "Mindspeed to Showcase the Industry's First ARM Cortex A9-based Communications Processor with Integrated DPI at 2013 CES".
  20. ↑ "MACOM to Showcase Newly Acquired Mindspeed Comcerto 2000 System-on-Chip (SoC) Processors at the 2014 International CES". 7 January 2014.
  21. ↑ "Computer System Chip". Nufront.
  22. ↑ NXP to show the first fully integrated 45nm set top box soc based on ARM cortex - A9 processors
  23. ↑ "Exynos 4210". samsung.com. 2012-01-20. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
  24. 1 2 RK3066 Dual-Core Era is coming
  25. ↑ SPEAr1310 Dual-core Cortex A9 embedded MPU for communications
  26. ↑ SPEAr1340 Dual-core Cortex A9 embedded MPU for communications
  27. ↑ ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500, ST-Ericsson, retrieved 19 February 2011
  28. ↑ ST-Ericsson NovaThor U9500, ST-Ericsson, retrieved 25 September 2011
  29. ↑ "AM437x Sitara Processors".
  30. 1 2 "WonderMedia Announces PRIZM WM8950 with Android 4.0 Support". 19 May 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
  31. ↑ White Paper: Extensible Processing Platform (PDF)
  32. ↑ ZiiLABS ZMS-20 Dual ARM Cortex A9 Media Processor
  33. ↑ Introducing the i.MX 6 Series of Applications Processors (PDF)
  34. ↑ Vivante GPU IP Cores Power the Latest Freescale i.MX 6 Series of Application Processors
  35. ↑ Nufront 2GHz ARM Cortex-A9 for Desktop, Laptop and Netbook – NuSmart 2816
  36. ↑ RZ A1H Home
  37. ↑ RZ A1M Home
  38. ↑ RZ A1L Home
  39. ↑ RZ A1L, Home
  40. ↑ http://www.gizmochina.com/2012/12/05/review-of-rockchip-rk3166-quad-core-chipset/
  41. ↑ SPEAr family of embedded microprocessors (PDF)
  42. ↑ PNX8473
  43. ↑ PNX8483
  44. ↑ PNX849x
  45. ↑ http://www.xilinx.com/products/silicon-devices/epp/zynq-7000/index.htm
  46. ↑ NanoPi-2 wiki
  47. ↑ NanoPi-2 Fire wiki
  48. ↑ NanoPi M2 wiki
  49. ↑ NanoPC-T2 wiki
  50. ↑ OriginBoard Documents
  51. ↑ Open Exynos4 Quad Mobile Development Platform
  52. ↑ Odroid U3 Platform
  53. ↑ Odroid Store
  54. ↑ OMAP 4 Platform: OMAP4430/OMAP4460
  55. ↑
  56. ↑ Changing the game: ST-Ericsson Unveils NovaThor Family of Smartphone Platforms Combining its Most Advanced Application Processors with the Latest Generation of Modems
  57. ↑ Trim-Slice Models
  58. ↑ Radxa Rock specification
  59. ↑ Topic Embedded Products Boards

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