Title :
Thumb: reducing the cost of 32-bit RISC performance in portable and consumer applications
Author :
Goudge, L. ; Segars, S.
Author_Institution :
Adv. RISC Machines Inc., USA
Abstract :
This article discusses a RISC architectural innovation from ARM known as Thumb. High-end embedded control applications such as cellphones, disk drives and modems are demanding more performance from their controllers while still requiring low cost. By implementing a second "compressed" instruction set, Thumb reduces RISC code size and so provides 32-bit ARM RISC performance and power consumption at 8/16-bit system cost.
Keywords :
performance evaluation; power consumption; reduced instruction set computing; 32 bit; 32-bit RISC performance; Thumb; cellphones; consumer applications; disk drives; embedded control applications; modems; portable applications; power consumption; Control systems; Costs; Disk drives; Energy consumption; Memory architecture; Modems; Reduced instruction set computing; Size control; Technological innovation; Thumb;
Conference_Titel :
Compcon '96. 'Technologies for the Information Superhighway' Digest of Papers
Conference_Location :
Santa Clara, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7414-8
DOI :
10.1109/CMPCON.1996.501765
