Introduction; Intel Xscale® Microarchitecture Features; System Integration Features - Intel PXA255 Developer's Manual

Introduction

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.
1.1 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.
1.2

System Integration Features

The processor integrates the Intel XScale® microarchitecture with this peripheral set:
•
Memory Controller
•
Clock and Power Controllers
•
Universal Serial Bus Client
Intel® PXA255 Processor Developer's Manual
1
1-1