AMBA Network Interconnect (NIC-301) Technical Reference ManualRevision: r2p0
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AMBA® Network Interconnect (NIC-301) Technical Reference Manual

Revision: r2p0

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Table of Contents

Preface
About this book
Product revision status
Intended audience
Using this book
Conventions
Additional reading
Feedback
Feedback on this product
Feedback on content
Customer support
1. Introduction
1.1. About the AMBA Network Interconnect
1.2. Key features
1.3. Relationship between AMBA Network Interconnect and AMBA Designer
1.3.1. AMBA Network Interconnect documentation
1.3.2. AMBA Designer documentation
1.4. Product revisions
2. Functional Description
2.1. About the functions
2.2. Interfaces
2.2.1. Slave interfaces
2.2.2. Master interfaces
2.3. Operation
2.3.1. Upsizing data width function
2.3.2. Downsizing data width function
2.3.3. FIFO and clocking function
2.3.4. Arbitration
2.3.5. Cyclic Dependency Avoidance Schemes (CDAS)
2.3.6. Lock support
2.3.7. TrustZone technology and security
2.3.8. Remap
3. Programmers Model
3.1. About this programmers model
3.2. Configuration programmers model
3.2.1. Register block types
3.2.2. Defining register blocks
A. Revisions
Glossary

List of Figures

1.1. AMBA Network Interconnect top-level block diagram
2.1. No remap, remap set to 000
2.2. Remap set to 001
2.3. Remap set to 010
2.4. Remap set to 011
2.5. Remap set to 101
3.1. Address map of the programmers model

List of Tables

2.1. Combination of configuration parameters
2.2. AXI burst type to AHB burst type mapping
2.3. Conversion of INCR bursts by the upsize function
2.4. Conversion of WRAP bursts by the upsize function
2.5. Conversion of INCR bursts by the downsize function
2.6. Conversion of FIXED bursts by the downsize function
3.1. One register block for each ASIB
3.2. One register block for each IB
3.3. One register block for each AMIB
3.4. Address region control registers
3.5. Peripheral ID registers
A.1. Differences between issue E and issue F

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Product Status

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Revision History
Revision A05 May 2006First release for r0p0.
Revision B19 September 2006First release for r1p0.
Revision C06 July 2007First release for r1p1.
Revision D02 October 2007First release for r1p2.
Revision E22 April 2008Second release for r1p2. Updates to the following:Decode registerRead acceptance capability and write acceptance capabilityWrite issuing capabilityNarrow to wide translationPhysical data.
Revision F03 November 2009First release for r2p0.
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