Vendor: Arm Ltd. Category: CPU

Deeply embedded processor for deterministic real-time applications

The Cortex-R4 processor delivers high-performance, real-time responsiveness, reliability, and dependability with high error-resis…

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Overview

The Cortex-R4 processor delivers high-performance, real-time responsiveness, reliability, and dependability with high error-resistance. It offers excellent energy efficiency and cost effectiveness for ASIC, ASSP, and MCU embedded applications.

The Cortex-R series processors provide fast time-to-market through proven technology shipped in hundreds of millions of products, the vast Arm ecosystem, and worldwide local language, 24/7 support services to ensure rapid and low-risk development.

The Cortex-R4 processor, is designed for implementation on advanced silicon processes with an emphasis on improved energy efficiency, real-time responsiveness, advanced features and ease of system design. The processor provides a highly flexible and efficient two-cycle local memory interface, enabling SoC designers to minimize system cost and energy consumption.

Key features

  • Fast with high performance - the processor s 8-stage, dual-issue pipeline combined with instruction pre-fetch and branch prediction achieve fast instruction execution.
  • Highly deterministic - advanced features such as Tightly-Coupled Memory (TCM), Vectored Interrupt Controller (VIC) port, and Low Latency Interrupt Mode (LLIM) make the Cortex-R4 highly deterministic with accelerated interrupt entry.
  • Reliable - error handling built into the core; Integrated Memory Protection Unit (MPU), Error-correcting code (ECC) memory, and dual-core lock-step configuration ensure the Cortex-R4 processor’s reliability to handle errors.
  • Energy efficient and cost effective - supports a highly flexible and efficient two-cycle local memory interface, enabling SoC designers to minimize system cost and energy consumption

Block Diagram

ARM Cortex-R4 block diagram

Benefits

  • Smallest Cortex-R processor, providing high design flexibility to achieve excellent energy efficiency and system cost-effectiveness
  • Highly deterministic for fast interrupt handling in real-time applications
  • Widely deployed real-time processor with fault containment built into the core

Applications

  • Automotive
  • Cameras
  • Hard-disk drive controllers
  • Wireless baseband processors

Specifications

Identity

Part Number
ARM Cortex-R4
Vendor
Arm Ltd.
Type
Silicon IP

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Provider

Arm Ltd.
HQ: Great Britain
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