Real-time embedded applications can now draw on the power and embedded-efficiency of the ARM996HS processor - the world's first synthesizable clockless ARM9ETM family processor. It combines the reliable Handshake Technology with the renowned ARM® processor architecture to deliver a compact, efficient and robust processor with very low electromagnetic emission and a remarkably low power consumption.

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  1. 2006-02-08T00:00:00.0000000+01:00ARM996HS White Paper
  2. 2006-02-08T00:00:00.0000000+01:00ARM996HS Technical Reference Manual
  3. 2005-03-16T00:00:00.0000000+01:00View webinar: "ARM996HS"
  4. 2006-02-14T00:00:00.0000000+01:00ARM996HS at www.arm.com
  5. 2006-02-08T00:00:00.0000000+01:00Download ARM996HS product brief
  6. 2007-03-30T00:00:00.0000000+02:00Download ARM996HS product brief (Japanese)

 

Efficiency is a key word in any embedded design. As the lowestpower ARM9E family processor to support real-time applications, the ARM996HS processor offers designers unprecedented flexibility to build more functionality into their systems. It also helps keep down design costs by simplifying integration with analog and RF circuitry and enabling the re-use of AMBA® AHBTM interconnectcompatible peripheral components.

One of the most robust processors on the market, the ARM996HS processor automatically adapts to variations in environmental conditions (such as supply voltage, current and temperature).

This allows manufacturers to use lower-specification versions of
peripheral components such as voltage regulators, further reducing
system costs.

Applications

The ARM996HS processor is ideal wherever power, electro–magnetic emission and robustness are key issues, as well as in safety-critical systems requiring real-time response. It is particularly suited to automotive, medical, low-cost battery-operated consumer electronics and deeply embedded control applications.

Key features

  • Clockless 32-bit RISC CPU core
  • ARMv5TE architecture compliant
  • 32-bit ARM and 16-bit Thumb® instruction sets
  • Enhanced Memory Protection Unit (MPU)
  • Non-maskable interrupt
  • Hardware divide
  • Dual AMBA AHB-Lite interface
  • Fast 32-bit MAC
  • Standard synchronous interfaces
  • Supports tightly-coupled memories for instruction and data
  • Scan test support


Key benefits

  • Low power consumption (lowest-power ARM9E processor implementation)
  • Low current peaks
  • Ultra low electromagnetic emission
  • Small footprint
  • Robust against current, voltage and temperature variations
  • Easy system integration


Delivery

The ARM996HS processor delivery is fully compatible with standard EDA tools, no specialized asynchronous tools or knowledge are required. The delivery comprises:

  • A firm netlist of the ARM996HS processor design mapped onto a customer-selected standard-cell library
    • Includes Design-for-Test solution based on scan testing
  • Test patterns for embedded scan test and the re-model files to enable the generation of the patterns
  • Various scripts and constraint .les for use with standard EDA tools
    • Place and Route (P&R), Automatic Test Pattern Generation(ATPG), Static Timing Analysis (STA), Logic Equivalence Checking (LEC) and simulation
  • Full ARM RVDS tool suite support
  • An optional netlist for easily mapping onto FPGAs for prototyping


Low current peaks and power consumption

The ARM996HS (bottom) consumes a factor of 2.8 less power than the ARM968E-S (top). Current peaks are reduced by a factor 2.5. X-axis: Time (in sec); Y1-axis: Current (in A); Y2-axis: Energy accumulated (in J)

Low electromagnetic emission

ARM996HS (bottom) offers lower electromagnetic emission across the whole spectrum compared to the ARM968E-S (top). X-axis: Frequency (in Hz); Y-axis: Energy (in dB)

Benchmarking¹

1 Simulations for the ARM968E-S and ARM996HS done on a post-layout netlist in a Sage-X 0.13µ TSMC process
2 ARM968E-S netlist synthesized for 100 MHz
3 For power simulations, ARM968E-S and ARM996HS running at 77 equiv. MHz (or 83.3 DMIPS) in nominal case conditions
4 Equivalent MHz is the speed in MHz needed by an ARM968E-S to achieve equivalent performance

 

Downloads

  1. 2006-02-08T00:00:00.0000000+01:00ARM996HS product brief
  2. 2007-03-30T00:00:00.0000000+02:00ARM996HS product brief (Japanese)