The ARM Cortex-A5 is a 32-bit processor core licensed by

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implementing the ARMv7-A architecture announced in 2009.

Overview

The Cortex-A5 is intended to replace the

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and

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cores for use in low-end devices. The Cortex-A5 offers features of the ARMv7 architecture focusing on internet applications e.g. VFPv4 and NEON advanced SIMD. Key features of the Cortex-A5 core are: *

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, in-order microarchitecture with an 8-stage

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instruction set extension (optional) * VFPv4

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Chips

Several system-on-chips (SoC) have implemented the Cortex-A5 core, including: *

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ATM7029 (gs702a) is a quad-core Cortex-A5 configuration *

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APUs include a Cortex-A5 as a security co-processor * Amlogic S805, M805 and A111 *

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ADSP-SC57x, ADSP-SC58x series ARM Cortex-A5 + SHARC+ multicore DSP *

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SAMA5Dxx *

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1879VM8Ya (penta-core Cortex-A5, up to 800 MHz) *

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Snapdragon S1 MSM7x25A / MSM7x27A (up to 1.0GHz +

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Snapdragon S4 Play *

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7420 (Cortex-A5 as an audio

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SC8810 (single core A5 1 GHz + Mali400 GPU) * All

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CPUs since the

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microarchitecture contain a Cortex-A5 as a Platform Security Processor

Development platform

References

External links

;ARM Holdings *
ARM Cortex-A5 Technical Reference Manuals
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Chips

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