Intel SA-1100 Introduction

SA-1100 SA-1100 Developer’s Manual 1-1
Introduction 1
1.1 Intel® StrongARM® SA-1100 Microprocessor
The Intel® StrongARM® SA-1100 Microprocessor (SA-1100) is the second member of the
StrongARM® family. It is a highly integrated communications microcontroller that incorporates a
32-bit StrongARM® RISC processor core, system support logic, multiple communication
channels, an LCD controller, a PCMCIA controller, and general-purpose I/O ports.
As does the Intel® StrongARM® SA-110 Microprocessor (SA-110), the first member of the
StrongARM family, the SA-1100 provides power efficiency, low cost, and high performance.
Figure 1-1 shows the features of the SA-1100. The shaded boxes are features that have carried over
with few or no changes from the SA-110. The nonshaded boxes are new or updated features for the
SA-1100.
Figure 1-1. SA-1100 Features
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Read Buffer
IMMU
DMMU
Memory/
Controller
LCD
Controller
Interrupt
Controller
DMA
Controller
Interval
Timer
Write
Buffer
16KB
Instruction
Cache
8KB
Data Cache
Serial
Controllers
Real-Time
Clock
General-Purpose
I/O
512-byte
MiniDcache
JTAG
Intel®
StrongARM®*
CPU
* StrongARM is a registered trademark of ARM Limited.