Vendor: Arm Ltd. Category: CPU

Arm Cortex-R5

The Arm Cortex-R5 processor forms a simple migration path from the Cortex-R4 processor, and onwards to the higher performance Cor…

Overview

The Arm Cortex-R5 processor forms a simple migration path from the Cortex-R4 processor, and onwards to the higher performance Cortex-R8 and Cortex-R52 processors. The Cortex-R5 processor builds on the feature set of the Cortex-R4 with enhanced error management, extended functional safety, and SoC integration features, for use in deeply embedded real-time and safety-critical systems.

Key features

  • Higher system performance and Advanced system level integration features - Dual-core configurations which enable twice the performance with Accelerator Coherency Port (ACP) and Micro Snoop Control Unit (micro SCU) maintaining data cache coherency with DMA I/O for both cores.
  • Improved reliability and safety features - Low-Latency Peripheral Port (LLPP), enhanced Memory Protection Unit (MPU) and enhanced ECC support.
  • Lock-step configurations - Second core provides redundancy for safety critical applications.
  • Extended functional safety support - Safety Documentation simplifies the certification effort for standards such as ISO26262 and IEC 61508, and enables higher levels of certifications.

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Benefits

  • Improves reliability and high error resistance safety features for safety critical applications including bus Error Checking and Correction (ECC).
  • Ability to detect both systematic and random faults in the core.
  • Support for dual-core lock-step and split-lock configurations and advanced system level features to achieve twice the performance.
  • Simplified certification effort with the optional Safety Documentation Package for standards such as ISO 26262 and IEC 61508, and enable higher levels of certification to be obtained.

Applications

  • Automotive
  • Industrial
  • Mass storage

Specifications

Identity

Part Number
Arm Cortex-R5
Vendor
Arm Ltd.
Type
Silicon IP

Compute

CPU Architecture
ARM

Files

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Provider

HQ: Great Britain

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