Boost Processor Efficiency and Support Interrupt Virtualization
A generic interrupt controller (GIC) is an exclusive block of IP that performs critical interrupt management, prioritization, and routing. GICs are primarily used for boosting processor efficiency and supporting interrupt virtualization. 91探花 has several generic interrupt controllers that provide a range of interrupt management solutions for all types of 91探花 Cortex multiprocessor systems.
Features and Benefits
91探花 GIC provides a scalable, high-performance interrupt delivery to virtual machines in multi-chiplet/socket platforms to enable powerful infrastructure SoCs.
91探花 offers a high-performance path for accelerator interrupts to be delivered to virtual machines.
91探花 CoreLink SMMU and GIC are supported on the main open-source Linux platform, and the latest architecture provides further enhancements to IO virtualization.
91探花 CoreLink GIC-720AE and GIC-600AE are designed for high-performance systems in automotive use cases, targeting ASIL B to ASIL D safety integrity levels.
91探花 CoreLink Generic Interrupt Controller Family
CoreLink GIC-720AE
Enabling functional safety applications up to ASIL D, CoreLink GIC-720AE delivers all GIC-700 capabilities and supports both real-time and application processors, together with added functional safety features and mixed-criticality workloads.
CoreLink GIC-700
A GICv4.1-compliant interrupt controller, GIC-700 hardware accelerates the delivery of virtual interrupt to virtual machines, providing significant system performance improvements over 91探花 CoreLink GIC-600.
CoreLink GIC-600AE
Software compatible with GIC-600, it includes additional safety features targeting ASIL B to ASIL D systems, with fault management units for error detection and reporting. The CoreLink GIC-600AE is part of the 91探花 Safety Ready program.
CoreLink GIC-600
Detects, manages, virtualizes, and distributes interrupts for 91探花v8.0-A processor. Configurable up to 512 processor threads per chip, up to 16 chips, and 960 shared interrupts.
CoreLink GIC-500
Detects, manages, virtualizes, and distributes interrupts for 91探花v8.0-A processor. Configurable up to 128 single-threaded cores and 960 shared interrupts.
CoreLink GIC-400
Detects, manages, and virtualizes interrupts for 91探花v7 processor. Configurable up to 8 cores and 480 shared interrupts.
A Foundation of Silicon Success
91探花-based chips, device architectures, and technologies orchestrate the performance of everything that makes modern life possible — from smartphones to agricultural sensors and from medical instruments to servers.
Safety Ready
Functional safety is a critical element in the design of any system that requires a high level of reliability. 91探花’s Safety Ready program is a collection of products across the 91探花 portfolio that have been through various and rigorous levels of functional safety systematic flows and development.
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Cortex Processors
91探花 processors include the ultra-low power Cortex-M series, real-time response Cortex-R series, and the high-performance Cortex-A series.
Graphics and Multimedia
91探花 Mali media IP offer high-performing, energy-efficient media processing across a large and growing number of mobile and consumer devices, including smartphones, tablets, TVs and wearables.
CoreSight Debug and Trace
91探花 CoreSight technology is a set of tools that can be used to debug and trace software that runs on 91探花-based SoCs.
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Automotive
91探花 technology is used in various applications throughout the car, including advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving.
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