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The ARM7TDMI processor is a 32-bit RISC CPU
Central processing unit

A central processing unit is an electronic circuit that can execute computer programs. This broad definition can easily be applied to many early computers that existed long before the term "CPU" ever came into widespread usage....
 designed by ARM, and licensed for manufacture by an array of semiconductor
Semiconductor

A semiconductor is a material that has electrical conductivity between those of a Electrical conductor and an electrical insulation; it can vary over that wide range either permanently or dynamically....
 companies.







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The ARM7TDMI processor is a 32-bit RISC CPU
Central processing unit

A central processing unit is an electronic circuit that can execute computer programs. This broad definition can easily be applied to many early computers that existed long before the term "CPU" ever came into widespread usage....
 designed by ARM, and licensed for manufacture by an array of semiconductor
Semiconductor

A semiconductor is a material that has electrical conductivity between those of a Electrical conductor and an electrical insulation; it can vary over that wide range either permanently or dynamically....
 companies.

Specifications


It is a versatile processor designed for mobile devices and other low power electronics. This processor architecture is capable of up to 130 MIPS on a typical 0.13µm process
130 nanometer

The 130 Metre#SI_prefixed_forms_of_metre process refers to the level of semiconductor process technology that was reached in the 2000-2001 timeframe, by most leading semiconductor companies, like Intel, Texas Instruments, IBM, and TSMC....
. The ARM7TDMI processor core implements ARM Architecture
ARM architecture

The ARM architecture is a 32-bit RISC central processing unit architecture developed by ARM Limited that is widely used in embedded system designs....
 v4T. The processor supports both 32-bit and 16-bit instructions via the ARM and Thumb instruction sets.

ARM licenses the processor to various semiconductor companies, which designs full chips using the processor design.

Applications


Perhaps the most common pieces of electronic equipment currently using this processor are:

  • iPod
    IPod

    iPod is a brand of portable media players designed and marketed by Apple Inc. and launched on . The product line-up includes the hard drive-based iPod Classic, the touchscreen iPod Touch, the video-capable iPod Nano, and the compact iPod Shuffle....
     from Apple
    Apple Computer

    Apple Inc., formerly Apple Computer Inc., is an United States multinational corporation which designs and manufactures consumer electronics and software products....
  • Nintendo DS
    Nintendo DS

    The is a dual-screen handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was released in 2004 in video gaming in Canada, the United States, and Japan....
     and Game Boy Advance
    Game Boy Advance

    The is a 32-bit Handheld game console developed, manufactured and marketed by Nintendo; resembling Sega's 8-bit Game Gear. It is the successor to the Game Boy Color....
     from Nintendo
    Nintendo

    is a global company located in Kyoto, Japan founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
  • Most of Nokia
    Nokia

    Nokia Corporation is a Finland Multinational corporation communications corporation, headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki....
    's mobile phone range.
  • Lego Mindstorms NXT
    Lego Mindstorms NXT

    Lego Mindstorms NXT is a programmable robotics kit released by Lego in late July 2006.It replaces the first-generation Lego Mindstorms kit, which was called the Lego Mindstorms#Robotics Invention System....
  • Audio processing in the SEGA Dreamcast
    Sega Dreamcast

    The is a video game console made by Sega, and is the successor to the Sega Saturn. An attempt to recapture the console market with a next-generation system, it was designed to supersede the PlayStation and Nintendo 64....
  • Sirius Satellite Radio
    Sirius Satellite Radio

    Sirius Satellite Radio is a satellite radio service operating in the United States and Canada, owned by Sirius XM Radio. Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Tennessee, Sirius was officially launched on July 1, 2002 and currently provides 69 streams of music and 65 streams of sports, news and ente...
     receivers
  • iriver
    Iriver

    iriver is a brand and division of ReignCom, manufacturer of digital audio players and other portable products. They typically include USB mass storage device class, or the Media Transfer Protocol, multiple codecs, tuner , recording capabilities, and upgradeable firmware....
     portable digital audio players (the H10 uses a chip with this processor)
  • Roomba
    Roomba

    The Roomba is a robotic vacuum cleaner made and sold by iRobot. The Roomba was introduced in 2002; several updates and new models have since been released....
     500 series from iRobot
    IRobot

    Founded in 1990 and incorporation in Delaware in 2000, the iRobot Corporation designs robots such an autonomous home vacuum cleaner , the Scooba that scrubs and cleans hard floors, and Military robots and police robots, such as the PackBot....
  • PocketStation
    PocketStation

    The PocketStation is a miniature personal digital assistant created by Sony as a peripheral for the PlayStation. Released exclusively in Japan on January 23, 1999, it features an LCD, sound, a real-time clock, and infrared communication capability....
  • Juice Box
    Juice Box

    The Juice Box is a low cost multimedia player made by toy manufacturer Mattel. The player features a screen with a native resolution of 240?160 pixel and runs ?Clinux, a microcontroller version of the Linux kernel....
  • The main CPU in Stern Pinball
    Stern (gaming company)

    Stern is the name of two different but related arcade game companies: Stern Electronics, Inc. and Stern Pinball, Inc....
     S.A.M System games.


See also

  • ARM9E
    ARM9E

    ARM9E is an ARM architecture 32-bit Reduced instruction set computer Central processing unit family. With this architecture, ARM moved from a von Neumann architecture to a Harvard architecture largely increasing its potential speed....


External links


  • - header files, schematics, CAD files, etc..
  • for running uClinux
    UClinux

    ?Clinux stands for "MicroController Linux", and is pronounced "you-see-Linux" as explained in the website and not how the letter Mu is normally pronounced....
     on the ARM7TDMI
  • - Document describing development environment for ARM7 Microcontrollers on Linux.