List of ARM processors explained

This is a list of central processing units based on the ARM family of instruction sets designed by ARM Ltd. and third parties, sorted by version of the ARM instruction set, release and name. In 2005, ARM provided a summary of the numerous vendors who implement ARM cores in their design.[1] Keil also provides a somewhat newer summary of vendors of ARM based processors.[2] ARM further provides a chart[3] displaying an overview of the ARM processor lineup with performance and functionality versus capabilities for the more recent ARM core families.

Processors

Designed by ARM

Designed by third parties

These cores implement the ARM instruction set, and were developed independently by companies with an architectural license from ARM.

Timeline

The following table lists each core by the year it was announced.[113] [114]

ARM Classic

YearClassic cores
ARM1-3
1985ARM1
1986ARM2
1989ARM3
1992ARM250
1993ARM60
ARM610
ARM700
1994ARM710
ARM7DI
ARM7TDMI
1995ARM710a
1996ARM810
1997ARM710T
ARM720T
ARM740T
1998ARM9TDMI
ARM940T
1999ARM9E-S
ARM966E-S
2000ARM920T
ARM922T
ARM946E-S
ARM1020T
2001ARM7EJ-S
ARM7TDMI-S
ARM9EJ-S
ARM926EJ-S
ARM1020E
ARM1022E
2002ARM1026EJ-S ARM1136J(F)-S
2003ARM968E-S ARM1156T2(F)-S
ARM1176JZ(F)-S
2004
2005ARM11MPCore
2006ARM996HS

ARM Cortex / Neoverse

YearCortex coresNeoverse cores
Application
(Cortex-A)

(32-bit)
Application
(Cortex-A)

(64-bit)
Application
(Cortex-X)

(64-bit)
Application
(Neoverse)

(64-bit)
2004Cortex-M3
2005
2006
2007Cortex-M1
2008
2009Cortex-M0
2010Cortex-M4(F)
2011Cortex-R4(F)
Cortex-R5(F)
Cortex-R7(F)
2012Cortex-M0+
2013Cortex-A12
2014Cortex-M7(F) Cortex-A17
2015
2016Cortex-M23
Cortex-M33(F)
Cortex-R8(F)
Cortex-R52(F)
Cortex-A32
2017
2018Cortex-M35P(F) Cortex-A65
Cortex-A65AE
Cortex-A76
Cortex-A76AE
2019Cortex-A34 Neoverse E1
Neoverse N1
2020Cortex-M55(F) Cortex-R82(F) Cortex-A78
Cortex-A78AE
Cortex-A78C
Cortex-X1
[115]
Neoverse V1
[116]
2021Neoverse E2
Neoverse N2
2022Cortex-M85(F) Cortex-R52+(F) Neoverse V2
2023Cortex-M52(F) Neoverse E3
Neoverse N3
2024Cortex-R82AE Neoverse V3
Neoverse V3AE
Neoverse VN
2025Cortex-A320
Cortex-A530
Cortex-A730
Cortex-X930 Neoverse E4
Neoverse N4
Neoverse V4

See also

Notes and References

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