Title :
Processor integration in a disk controller
Author :
Adams, Lyle ; Ou, Michael
Author_Institution :
Palmchip Corp., San Jose, CA, USA
Abstract :
The need to produce an inexpensive and effective hard disk drive controller in a short time frame persuaded the Palmchip design team to try a new approach: combining the processor and the main disk drive controller into a single part. Successfully embedding the ARM7TDMI processor in our GreenLite ASIC proved to be a tremendous learning experience. We discovered ways to solve some of the problems we encountered and to ease the use of the 7TDMI core itself
Keywords :
application specific integrated circuits; microprocessor chips; ARM7TDMI processor; GreenLite ASIC; Palmchip design team; disk controller; hard disk drive controller; processor integration; Application specific integrated circuits; Clocks; Hardware design languages; Operating systems; Random access memory; Read-write memory; Registers; Servomechanisms; Signal processing; Timing;
Journal_Title :
Micro, IEEE
