A1.2 Features
The Cortex-A76 core includes the following features:
Core features
• Full implementation of the Armv8.2-A A64, A32, and T32 instruction sets.
• Armv8.4 Dot Product instruction support.
• AArch32 execution state at Exception level EL0 only. AArch64 execution state at all Exception
levels (EL0 to EL3).
• Support for Arm TrustZone
®
technology.
• A Memory Management Unit (MMU).
• Superscalar, variable-length, out-of-order pipeline.
• 40-bit Physical Address (PA).
• An integrated execution unit that implements the Advanced SIMD and floating-point architecture
support.
• Optional Cryptographic Extension.
• Generic Interrupt Controller (GICv4) CPU interface to connect to an external distributor.
• Generic Timers interface supporting 64-bit count input from an external system counter.
• Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS) Extension.
Cache features
• Separate L1 data and instruction caches.
• Private, unified data and instruction L2 cache.
• Optional L1 and L2 memory protection in the form of Error Correcting Code (ECC) or parity on all
RAM instances.
Debug features
• Armv8.2 debug logic.
• Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU).
• Embedded Trace Macrocell (ETM) that supports instruction trace only.
• Activity Monitor Unit (AMU).
• Optional Coresight Embedded Logic Analyzer (ELA).
See the Arm
®
Architecture Reference Manual Armv8, for Armv8-A architecture profile for more
information.
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