ARM NIC-301 User Manual
Preface
ARM DDI 0397G
Copyright © 2006-2010 ARM. All rights reserved.
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About this book
This book is for AMBA Network Interconnect.
Product revision status
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Intended audience
This book is written for system designers, system integrators, and programmers who are
designing or programming a System-on-Chip (SoC) that uses the AMBA Network Interconnect.
designing or programming a System-on-Chip (SoC) that uses the AMBA Network Interconnect.
Using this book
This book is organized into the following chapters:
Read this for a high-level view of the AMBA Network Interconnect and a
description of its features.
description of its features.
Read this for a description of the major interfaces and components of the AMBA
Network Interconnect. The chapter also describes how they operate.
Network Interconnect. The chapter also describes how they operate.
Read this for a description the address map and registers of the AMBA Network
Interconnect.
Interconnect.
Read this for a description of the technical changes between released issues of this
book.
book.
Glossary
Read this for definitions of terms used in this book.
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Typographical
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italic
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internal cross-references, and citations.
internal cross-references, and citations.
bold
Highlights interface elements, such as menu names. Denotes signal
names. Also used for terms in descriptive lists, where appropriate.
names. Also used for terms in descriptive lists, where appropriate.
monospace
Denotes text that you can enter at the keyboard, such as commands, file
and program names, and source code.
and program names, and source code.