Design of a reusable 1GHz, superscalar ARM processor

This article consists of a collection of slides from the author's conference presentation on the design of a reusable 1GHz, superscalar ARM processor. Some of the specific topics discussed include: an overview of the ARM Cortex-A8 Tiger processor; a comparison of reusability versus redeployability; significance to the Cortex-A8 processor; the effects on design flow and microarchitecture; and the interaction of energy efficiency and reusable design.