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Which ARM Cortex Core Is Right for Your Application: A, R or M? Introduction The ARM® Cortex® series of cores encompasses a very wide range of scalable performance options offering designers a great deal of choice and the opportunity to use the best-fit core for their application without being forced into a one-size-fits-all solution. The Cortex portfolio is split broadly into three main categories: • Cortex-A -- application processor cores for a performance-intensive systems • Cortex-R – high-performance cores for real-time applications • Cortex-M – microcontroller cores for a wide range of embedded applications. Cortex-A Cortex-A processors provide a range of solutions for devices that make use of a rich operating system such as Linux or Android and are used in a wide range of applications from low-cost handsets to smartphones, tablet computers, set-top boxes and also enterprise networking equipment. The first range of Cortex-A processors (A5, A7, A8, A9, A12, A15 and A17) is based on the ARMv7-A architecture. Each core shares a common feature set including items such as the NEON media processing engine, Trustzone for security extensions, and single- and double-precision floating point support along with support for several instruction sets (ARM, Thumb-2, Thumb, Jazelle and DSP). Together this group of processors offers design flexibility by providing the required peak performance points while delivering the desired power efficiency. While the Cortex-A5 core is the smallest and lowest power member of the Cortex A series, it offers the possibility of multicore performance and is compatible with the larger members of the series (A9 and A15). The A5 is a natural choice for designers who have previously worked with the ARM926EJ -S or ARM1176JZ-S processors as it enables higher performance and lower silicon cost. The Cortex-A7 is similar in power consumption and area to the Cortex-A5 but brings a performance increase in the