The Architecture for the Digital World
®
CoreTile Express for Cortex-A15 and Cortex-A7
For the Versatile Express Family
CoreTile Express A15x2 and Cortex-A7x3
Features
• Processor Subsystem
-DualCluster,big.LITTLEconguration
- 2 x ARM Cortex-A15 with VFP and NEON,
™
r2p1
- 1GHz operating speed
- Caches: L1 32 KB, L2 1MB
- 3 x ARM Cortex-A7 with VFP and NEON, r0p1
- 800MHz operating speed
- Caches: L1 32KB, L2 512KB
- CoreSight ETM/PTM per core + 16KB ETB
-DVFScontrolviaSystemCongurationController
• AMBA
®
AXI
™
Subsystem
- Internal CCI-400, 128-bit, 500MHz, r0p2
- Internal NIC301, 64-bit, 500MHz
- External AMBA AXI: Master port 64-bit, 50MHz
- DDR2 interface: DMC-400, 400MHz, r0p0
- 2GB OF 32-bit DDR2 memory
- DMAC: PL330, 128-bit
- Static Memory Bus Interface:PL354
- 32-bit 50MHz to motherboard
- Boot from motherboard NOR Flash
- HDCLD video controller: 1920 x 1080p, 60Hz
• Expansion support
- AMBA AXI Master link to expansion FPGA daugherboard
• Debug
- ARM JTAG: 20-way DIL box header
- ARM 32-bit parallel trace: dual 38-pin Mictors
• Simpliedcongurationviamotherboard
-SystemappearsasaUSBashdriveonaPC
-Fastprogrammingandconguration
-Congurationtextlesforsystemsettings
- Remote power control via RS232
Deliverables
• V2P-CA15x2 CA7x3 daughterboard
• Versatile Express support DVD
• Example AMBA AXI subsystem design
- Additional LogicTile required
• SelfTest software
• Linux BSP
The Versatile
™
Express
family development boards provide an
excellent environment for prototyping the next generation
system-on-chip designs. Through a range of plug-in options,
hardware and software applications can be developed and
debugged.
The CoreTile Express for the ARM
®
Cortex
™
-A15 MPCore
™
and Cortex-A7 processors is a test chip-based development
platform which implements a complete SoC design around these
processors.Thischipistherstcommerciallyavailablesilicon
that demonstrates the power-saving capabilities of ARM big.
LITTLE
™
processing It enables:
• Exploration of the big.LITTLE architecture
• Boot code, hypervisor, cluster-switching, device driver and
application software development
• Software debug and development of software tools through
the on-chip CoreSight
™
debug and trace infrastructure.
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