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Arm Cortex-A32

The Arm® Cortex®-A32 processor is the smallest, lowest-power Armv8-A processor optimized for 32-bit embedded applications.

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Overview

The Arm® Cortex®-A32 processor is the smallest, lowest-power Armv8-A processor optimized for 32-bit embedded applications. It uses an efficient, 8-stage, in-order pipeline that has been extensively optimised to provide the 32-bit Armv8-A features in the smallest footprint and power.

Key features

  • 32-bit Armv8-A architecture - The Cortex-A32 processor supports the AArch32 execution state specified in the Armv8-A architecture profile. In this execution state, it supports the A32/T32 instruction set and is fully compatible with Armv7-A.
  • New idle power management features -Incorporates new power management features compared to the Cortex-A7 processor thereby providing more capabilities to reduce leakage power in the CPU idle states.
  • bScalable and versatile - The Cortex-A32 processor can be configured from a single core configuration to a maximum configuration that includes four CPU cores in a cluster with a shared L2 cache.

Block Diagram

Arm Cortex-A32 block diagram

Benefits

  • Armv8-A architectural enhancements, full backwards compatibility with Armv7-A software
  • New power management features
  • Configurable and scalable 32-bit processor with new configuration options
  • Efficiency and performance improvements when compared to Cortex-A7 processor

Applications

  • Embedded
  • Industrial
  • Single board computers (SBCs)
  • Home automation
  • Low-power IoT nodes supporting rich OS
  • Wearables

Specifications

Identity

Part Number
Arm Cortex-A32
Vendor
Arm Ltd.
Type
Silicon IP

Compute

CPU Architecture
ARM

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Provider

Arm Ltd.
HQ: Great Britain
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