Cortex-A35

Specifications

Architecture	64-Bit Armv8-A
Multicore	1-4x Symmetrical Multiprocessing (SMP) within a single processor cluster, and multiple coherent SMP processor clusters through AMBA 4 technology
ISA Support	AArch32 for full backward compatibility with Armv7 AArch64 for 64-bit support and new architectural features TrustZone security technology Neon Advanced SIMD DSP and SIMD extensions VFPv4 Floating point Hardware virtualization support
Debug & Trace	CoreSight SoC-400

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Cortex-A35 Technical Reference Manual

For system designers and software engineers, the Cortex-A35 manual provides information on implementing and programming Cortex-A35 based devices.
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Cortex-A Series Programmer's Guide for Armv8-A

Common to all Cortex-A series processors, this programmer's guide is useful for assembly and C language application development for Armv8-A.
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Porting to Arm 64-bit

If you are migrating from an Armv7 architecture based design to the Armv8 64-bit A64 instruction set, we provide a porting guide to help you.

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Development Tools for Cortex-A

Arm and our partners provide specialist code generation, debug and analysis tools for software development on Cortex-A series processors, such as DS-5 Development Studio.

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Cortex-A Safety Documents Package

For customers who needs to safety certify their end products, Arm provides a Safety Documentation Package for silicon developers and safety certified toolchain to accelerate the time to market.

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Cortex-A Comparison Table (Armv7-A)

Feature	Cortex-A5	Cortex-A7	Cortex-A9	Cortex-A15	Cortex-A17
Instruction set architecture and extensions	Armv7-A	Armv7-A LPAE Virtualization	Armv7-A	Armv7-A LPAE Virtualization	Armv7-A LPAE Virtualization
Pipeline	In order	In order	Out of order	Out of order	Out of order
Superscalar	No	Partial	Yes	Yes	Yes
Neon and Floating Point Unit	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional	Included
Floating Point Unit only	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional	Included
Cryptography Unit	No	No	No	No	No
Physical Addressing (PA)	32-bit	40-bit	32-bit	40-bit	40-bit
Dual Core Lock-Step (DCLS)	No	No	No	No	No
L1 I-Cache / D-Cache	4k-64k	8k-64k	16k-64k	32kB/32kB	32k-64k/32k
L2 Cache	External L2C-310	Up to 1MB	External L2C-310	512kB-4MB	256kB-8MB
L3 Cache	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
ECC / Parity		No	Yes	Yes	L2 only
LPAE	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Bus Interfaces	AXI	ACE	AXI	ACE or CHI	ACE
ACP	Optional	No	Optional	Optional	Optional
Peripheral Port			No	No	Yes
Functional Safety Support
Security	TrustZone	TrustZone	TrustZone	TrustZone	TrustZone
Interrupt Controller	Optional Integrated GIC v1 (MP only)	Optional Integrated GIC v2	Internal Integrated GIC v1 (MP only)	Optional Integrated GICv2	External GICv2
Generic Timer	No	Yes	Yes	Armv8-A	Armv8-A

Cortex-A Comparison Table (Armv8-A)

Feature	Cortex-A32	Cortex-A34	Cortex-A35	Cortex-A53	Cortex-A55	Cortex-A57	Cortex-A65	Cortex-A65AE	Cortex-A72	Cortex-A73	Cortex-A75	Cortex-A76	Cortex-A76AE	Cortex-A77
Instruction set architecture and extensions	Armv8-A AArch32 only	Armv8-A AArch64 only	Armv8-A	Armv8-A	Armv8-A, Armv8.1 extensions, Armv8.2 extensions, Cryptography extensions, RAS extensions, Armv8.3 (LDAPR instructions only), Armv8.4 Dot Product	Armv8-A	Armv8-A, Armv8.1 extensions, Armv8.2 extensions, Cryptography extensions, RAS extensions, Armv8.3 (LDAPR instructions only)	Armv8-A, Armv8.1 extensions, Armv8.2 extensions, Cryptography extensions, RAS extensions, Armv8.3 (LDAPR instructions only), Armv8.4 Dot Product	Armv8-A	Armv8-A	Armv8-A, Armv8.1 extensions, Armv8.2 extensions, Cryptography extensions, RAS extensions, Armv8.3 (LDAPR instructions only), Armv8.4 Dot Product	Armv8-A, Armv8.1 extensions, Armv8.2 extensions, Cryptography extensions, RAS extensions, Armv8.3 (LDAPR instructions only), Armv8.4 Dot Product	Armv8-A, Armv8.1 extensions, Armv8.2 extensions, Cryptography extensions, RAS extensions, Armv8.3 (LDAPR instructions only), Armv8.4 Dot Product	Armv8-A, Armv8.1 extensions, Armv8.2 extensions, Cryptography extensions, RAS extensions, Armv8.3 (LDAPR instructions only), Armv8.4 Dot Product
Pipeline	In order	In order	In order	In order	In order	Out of order	Out of order	Out-of-order	Out of order	Out of order	Out-of-order	Out-of-order	Out-of-order	Out-of-order
Superscalar				Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Neon and Floating Point Unit	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional	Included	Included	Included	Included	Included	Included	Included	Included	Included
Floating Point Unit only	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Optional	Included	Included	Included	Included	Included	Included	Included	Included	Included
Cryptography Unit	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional	N/A	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional
Physical Addressing (PA)	40-bit	40-bit	40-bit	40-bit	40-bit	40-bit	44-bit	44-bit	40-bit	40-bit	44-bit	40-bit	40-bit	40-bit
Dual Core Lock-Step (DCLS)	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes (in safety-mode)	No	No	No	No	Yes (in safety-mode)	No
L1 I-Cache / D-Cache	8k-64k	8k-64k	8k-64k	8k-64k	16kB-64kB	48kB/32kB	16KB to 64KB	16KB to 64KB	48KB/32kB-64kB	32k/32k-64k	64KB	64KB	64KB	64KB
L2 Cache	128KB-1MB	128KB-1MB	128KB-1MB	128KB-2MB	64kB-256kB	512kB-2MB	64KB to 256KB	64KB to 256KB	512kB-4MB	256k-8MB	256KB to 512KB	256KB to 512KB	256KB to 512KB	256KB to 512KB
L3 Cache	NA	NA	NA	NA	Optional From 256kB to 4MB	NA	Optional 512KB to 4MB	Optional 512KB to 4MB	NA	NA	Optional 512KB to 4MB	Optional 512KB to 4MB	Optional 512KB to 4MB	Optional 512KB to 4MB
ECC / Parity	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	L2 only	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
LPAE	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bus Interfaces	ACE or CHI	ACE or CHI	ACE or CHI	ACE or CHI	ACE or CHI	ACE or CHI	ACE or CHI	ACE or CHI	ACE or CHI	ACE	ACE or CHI	ACE or CHI	ACE or CHI	ACE or CHI
ACP	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional	Yes	Optional	Optional	Optional	Yes	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional
Peripheral Port					Optional		Optional	Optional			Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional
Functional Safety Support	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Security	TrustZone	TrustZone	TrustZone	TrustZone	TrustZone	TrustZone	TrustZone	TrustZone	TrustZone	TrustZone	TrustZone	TrustZone	TrustZone	TrustZone
Interrupt Controller	External GICv3	External GICv3	External GICv3	External GICv3	External GICv4	External GICv3	External GICv4	External GICv4	External GICv3	External GICv3	External GICv4	External GICv4	External GICv4	External GICv4
Generic Timer	Armv8-A	Armv8-A	Armv8-A	Armv8-A	Armv8-A	Armv8-A	Armv8-A	Armv8-A	Armv8-A	Armv8-A	Armv8-A	Armv8-A	Armv8-A	Armv8-A

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