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2: Programmer’s Model
ARM720T CORE CPU MANUAL
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2.2.2
Little-endian format
In little-endian format, the lowest numbered byte in a word is considered the least significant
byte of the word, and the highest numbered byte the most significant. Byte 0 of the memory
system is therefore connected to data lines 7 to 0.
Little-endian format is shown in Figure 2-2.
Figure 2-2 Little-endian addresses of bytes with words
Note:
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Least significant byte is at lowest address
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Word is addressed by byte address of least significant byte.
2.3
Instruction length
Instructions are:
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32 bits long in ARM state
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16 bits long in Thumb state.
2.4
Data types
The ARM720T processor supports the following data types:
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byte (8-bit)
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halfword (16-bit)
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word (32-bit).
You must align these as follows:
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word quantities to 4-byte boundaries
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halfwords quantities to 2-byte boundaries
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byte quantities can be placed on any byte boundary.
Higher address
8
4
0
31
24
23
Word
address
16
15
8
7
0
Lower address
7
10
6
9
5
8
4
11
3
2
1
0