Category Archives: Microprocessor

STW (store word)

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Bondhan Novandy

Still working on the p2020 from freescale. I found that the assembly instruction set is quite different with intel and other microcontrollers that I had been working with. One of the instruction is: STW (Store Word) stw rS, d(rA) means … Continue reading →

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SMP vs AMP

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Bondhan Novandy

Symmetric Multiprocessing SMP advantages: Programs must be written for multithreaded processing to benefit from the parallel nature of SMP. If external interrupts are handled by a one core, existing programs that are not written to be multithreaded may benefit by being … Continue reading →

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