SPRUJ28E November 2021 – September 2024 AM68 , AM68A , TDA4AL-Q1 , TDA4VE-Q1 , TDA4VL-Q1
The device implements one Dual-core Arm®Cortex®-A72 MPU, which is integrated inside the Compute Cluster, along with other modules. The Cortex-A72 cores are general-purpose processors that can be used for running customer applications.
The A72SS is built around the Arm Cortex-A72 MPCore (A72 cluster), which is provided by Arm and configured by TI. It is based on the symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) architecture, and thus it delivers high performance and optimal power management and debug capabilities.
The A72 processor is a multi-issue out-of-order superscalar execution engine with integrated L1 instruction and data caches, compatible with Armv8-A architecture. The Armv8-A architecture brings a number of new features. These include 64-bit data processing, extended virtual addressing and 64-bit general purpose registers.
The A72 processor features an in-order, 8-stage, dual-issue pipeline, and improved integer, Arm Neon™, Floating-Point Unit (FPU) and memory performance. It supports two execution states: AArch32 and AArch64. The AArch64 state gives the A72 CPU its ability to execute 64-bit applications, while the AArch32 state allows the processor to execute existing Armv7-A applications.
For more details on the Compute Cluster and its internal architecture, see Compute Cluster.