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Introduction 1, 1 intel® xscale™ microarchitecture features, 2 system integration features – Intel PXA255 User Manual

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Intel® PXA255 Processor Developer’s Manual

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Introduction

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This document applies to the Intel® PXA255 Processor (PXA255 processor). It is an application
specific standard product (ASSP) that provides industry-leading MIPS/mW performance for
handheld computing applications. The processor is a highly integrated system on a chip and
includes a high-performance low-power Intel® XScale™ microarchitecture with a variety of
different system peripherals.

The PXA255 processor is a 17x17mm 256-pin PBGA package configuration for high performance.
The 17x17mm package has a 32-bit memory data bus and the full assortment of peripherals.

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Intel® XScale™ Microarchitecture Features

The Intel® XScale™ microarchitecture provides these features:

ARM* Architecture Version 5TE ISA compliant.

— ARM* Thumb Instruction Support

— ARM* DSP Enhanced Instructions

Low power consumption and high performance

Intel® Media Processing Technology

— Enhanced 16-bit Multiply

— 40-bit Accumulator

32-KByte Instruction Cache

32-KByte Data Cache

2-KByte Mini Data Cache

2-KByte Mini Instruction Cache

Instruction and Data Memory Management Units

Branch Target Buffer

Debug Capability via JTAG Port

Refer to the Intel® XScale™ Microarchitecture for the Intel® PXA255 Processor User’s Manual
for more details.

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System Integration Features

The processor integrates the Intel® XScale™ microarchitecture with this peripheral set:

Memory Controller

Clock and Power Controllers

Universal Serial Bus Client