9.2 Embedded Characteristics

The Cortex-A7 processor (r0p5) implements the Arm v7-A architecture. This includes:

  • 32-bit Arm Instruction Set
  • Thumb Instruction Set featuring 16-bit and 32-bit Instructions
  • ThumbEE Instruction Set
  • Implementation of the Jazelle Extension
  • Arm v7 Debug Architecture
  • TrustZone Security Extensions
  • Harvard Level 1 Memory System with a Memory Management Unit (MMU)
  • 32 Kbytes L1 Data Cache
  • 32 Kbytes L1 Instruction Cache
  • 256 Kbytes L2 Cache
  • Generic Interrupt Controller (GIC)
  • Media Processing Engine (MPE) with Neon Technology
  • Trace Support through an Embedded Trace Macrocell (ETM) Interface
  • Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU)