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AMBA AXI and ACE Protocol Specification
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ACE and ACE-Lite
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Change history
Date Issue Confidentiality Change
16 June 2003 A Non-Confidential First release
19 March 2004 B Non-Confidential First release of AXI specification v1.0
03 March 2010 C Non-Confidential First release of AXI specification v2.0
03 June 2011 D-2c Non-Confidential Public beta draft of AMBA AXI and ACE Protocol Specification
28 October 2011 D Non-Confidential First release of AMBA AXI and ACE Protocol Specification
