ARM IHI 0011A
AMBA™ Specification
(Rev 2.0)
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© Copyright ARM Limited 1999. All rights reserved.
ARM IHI 0011A
AMBA Specification
(Rev 2.0)
© Copyright ARM Limited 1999. All rights reserved.
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About this document
This document is the AMBA specification.
Intended audience
This document has been written to help experienced hardware and software engineers
to design modules that conform to the AMBA specification.
Organization
This document is organized into the following chapters:
Chapter 1 Introduction to the AMBA Buses
Read this chapter for an overview of the AMBA buses.
Chapter 2 AMBA Signals
Read this chapter for a description of the signals used by AMBA devices.
Chapter 3 AMBA AHB
Read this chapter for an introduction to the AMBA Advanced High-
performance Bus.
Chapter 4 AMBA ASB
Read this chapter for an introduction to the AMBA Advanced System
Bus.
Chapter 5 AMBA APB
Read this chapter for an introduction to the AMBA Advanced Peripheral
Bus.
Chapter 6 AMBA Test Methodology
Read this chapter for an introduction to the test methodology used in
AMBA buses.
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elements such as menu names. May also be used for emphasis in
descriptive lists where appropriate.
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underlined text may be entered instead of the full command or
option name.
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is to be replaced by a specific value.
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