ARMv6 architecture family

E356785
ARM architecture version instruction set architecture

The ARMv6 architecture family is a generation of 32-bit ARM processor designs that introduced significant enhancements in performance, multimedia processing, and security features for mobile and embedded devices.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
ARMv6 2
ARMv6-M 2
ARMv6 (at instruction-set level, with restrictions) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ARM architecture version ⓘ
instruction set architecture ⓘ
addsFeature Java bytecode execution via Jazelle ⓘ
enhanced DSP instructions ⓘ
enhanced branch prediction support ⓘ
enhanced memory system features ⓘ
hardware divide instructions (in some profiles) ⓘ
improved exception handling ⓘ
improved load-store multiple instructions ⓘ
media processing acceleration ⓘ
saturating arithmetic instructions ⓘ
trust and security extensions (e.g., TrustZone in some ARMv6 variants) ⓘ
unaligned data access support ⓘ
architectureVersionOf ARM ⓘ
surface form: ARM architecture
backwardCompatibleWith ARMv5 architecture ⓘ
surface form: ARMv5 architecture family
bitWidth 32-bit ⓘ
defines programmer’s model for ARMv6 cores ⓘ
designedFor embedded systems ⓘ
mobile devices ⓘ
includesExtension ARMv6 architecture family self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: ARMv6K

ARMv6 architecture family self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: ARMv6Z

ARMv6 architecture family self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: ARMv6ZK

Jazelle DBX ⓘ
SIMD extensions ⓘ
media processing extensions ⓘ
introducedBy ARM ⓘ
surface form: ARM Holdings
introducedIn early 2000s ⓘ
optimizedFor code density ⓘ
low power consumption ⓘ
multimedia workloads ⓘ
predecessor ARMv5 architecture ⓘ
surface form: ARMv5 architecture family
successor ARMv7-A architecture ⓘ
surface form: ARMv7 architecture family
supports ARM state ⓘ
Thumb state ⓘ
Thumb-2 technology ⓘ
memory protection unit (in MPU-enabled implementations) ⓘ
privileged and user modes ⓘ
virtual memory (in MMU-enabled implementations) ⓘ
supportsEndianness big-endian ⓘ
little-endian ⓘ
targetedAt low-cost devices ⓘ
mass-market mobile phones ⓘ
usedIn consumer electronics ⓘ
feature phones ⓘ
networking equipment ⓘ
portable media players ⓘ
set-top boxes ⓘ
smartphones ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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TrustZone security extension → introducedIn → ARMv6 architecture family ⓘ
VFP floating-point extension → targetPlatform → ARMv6 architecture family ⓘ
this entity surface form: ARMv6 architecture
Microchip ATSAMD21 → instructionSet → ARMv6 architecture family ⓘ
this entity surface form: ARMv6-M
Nordic nRF51822 → architecture → ARMv6 architecture family ⓘ
this entity surface form: ARMv6-M
ARMv6 architecture family → includesExtension → ARMv6 architecture family self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: ARMv6K
ARMv6 architecture family → includesExtension → ARMv6 architecture family self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: ARMv6Z
ARMv6 architecture family → includesExtension → ARMv6 architecture family self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: ARMv6ZK
ARMv7-A architecture → compatibleWith → ARMv6 architecture family ⓘ
subject surface form: ARMv7-A
this entity surface form: ARMv6 (at instruction-set level, with restrictions)
RISC OS → architecture → ARMv6 architecture family ⓘ
this entity surface form: ARMv6
ARMv5 architecture → successor → ARMv6 architecture family ⓘ
subject surface form: ARMv5
this entity surface form: ARMv6