NDS32 is a new high-performance 32-bit RISC microprocessor core. http://www.andestech.com/ AndeStar ISA ============ AndeStar is a patent-pending 16-bit/32-bit mixed-length instruction set to achieve optimal system performance, code density, and power efficiency. It contains the following features: - Intermixable 32-bit and 16-bit instruction sets without the need for mode switch. - 16-bit instructions as a frequently used subset of 32-bit instructions. - RISC-style register-based instruction set. - 32 32-bit General Purpose Registers (GPR). - Upto 1024 User Special Registers (USR) for existing and extension instructions. - Rich load/store instructions for... - Single memory access with base address update. - Multiple aligned and unaligned memory accesses for memory copy and stack operations. - Data prefetch to improve data cache performance. - Non-bus locking synchronization instructions. - PC relative jump and PC read instructions for efficient position independent code. - Multiply-add and multiple-sub with 64-bit accumulator. - Instruction for efficient power management. - Bi-endian support. - Three instruction extension space for application acceleration: - Performance extension. - Andes future extensions (for floating-point, multimedia, etc.) - Customer extensions. AndesCore CPU ============= Andes Technology has 4 families of CPU cores: N12, N10, N9, N8. For details about N12 CPU family, please check doc/README.N1213. The NDS32 ports of u-boot, the Linux kernel, the GNU toolchain and other associated software are actively supported by Andes Technology Corporation.