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SAM7X Series [DATASHEET]
6120K–ATARM–11-Feb-14
11. ARM7TDMI Processor Overview
11.1 Overview
The ARM7TDMI core executes both the 32-bit ARM and 16-bit Thumb instruction sets, allowing the user to trade off
between high performance and high code density.The ARM7TDMI processor implements Von Neuman architecture,
using a three-stage pipeline consisting of Fetch, Decode, and Execute stages.
The main features of the ARM7tDMI processor are:
ARM7TDMI Based on ARMv4T Architecture
Two Instruction Sets
ARM High-performance 32-bit Instruction Set
Thumb High Code Density 16-bit Instruction Set
Three-Stage Pipeline Architecture
Instruction Fetch (F)
Instruction Decode (D)
Execute (E)