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LinuxDevices: ST Hurls ARM-powered SPEAr at Embedded Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 26, 2005

[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood
for this link. ]

“STMicroelectronics (STM) is sampling an inexpensive ARM-based
SoC (system-on-chip) with a 200K-gate configurable logic block. The
SPEAr Head (structured processor enhanced architecture) integrates
USB 2.0 host/device and 10/100 Ethernet interfaces, and targets
embedded control applications such as digital engines for printers
and scanners. It runs Linux, among several other embedded OSes.

“The SPEAr Head is based on an ARM926EJ-S core clocked at
266MHz. The core includes 32KB of instruction and 16KB of data
cache, along with 8KB each of data and instruction TCM (tightly
coupled memory)…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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