Porting Software from Power Architecture^® to Arm^®

About This Training

Legacy networking processors traditionally used Power Architecture^® based cores. Layerscape processors use Arm^® core technology. There are a lot of software-visible architectural differences between these two types of cores, and system software is dependent on the core architecture.

This session compares these two core architectures and sheds light on how software can handle the differences.

Training Outline

Overview of QorIQ Processors
Comparison of environments: Power^® vs Arm^® 32 BIT V/S 64-BIT
Comparison Of Environments: Power Vs Arm—ISA
Comparison Of Environments: Power Vs Arm—IP Ecosystem
Comparison Of Environments: Power Vs Arm—Endianness
Arm Fundamentals for Good Software Design-Memory Model

What You Will Learn

• Explore the main architecture differences between Power and Arm
• Learn how to program for Power and Arm architectures