ARC (processor)

ARC
DesignerARC International PLC
Bits32-bit, 64-bit
Introduced1996 (1996)
VersionARCv3
DesignRISC
TypeRegister–Register
EncodingVariable (16- and 32-bit)
BranchingCompare and branch
EndiannessBi
ExtensionsAPEX user-defined instructions
Registers
16 or 32 including SP user can increase to 60

ARC (Argonaut RISC Core) embedded system processors are a family of 32-bit and 64-bit reduced instruction set computer (RISC) central processing units (CPUs) originally designed by ARC International.

ARC processors are configurable and extensible for a wide range of uses in system on a chip (SoC) devices, including storage, digital home, mobile, automotive, and Internet of things (IoT) applications. They have been licensed by more than 200 organizations and are shipped in more than 1.5 billion products per year.[1]

ARC processors employ the 16-/32-bit ARCompact compressed instruction set instruction set architecture (ISA) that provides good performance and code density for embedded and host SoC applications.

  1. ^ "Overcoming the power/performance paradox in processor IP". Tech Design Forums. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

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