Unit VI- Current Trends in Processor Architecture

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Difference between PIC and ARM:
S.No. PIC ARM

PIC micro-controller refers to ARM micro-controller refers to

01. Peripheral Interface Controller. Advanced RISC Machine.

ARM micro-controllers are available

PIC micro-controllers are available in 32-bit mostly also available in 64-
02. in 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit. bit.

It supports PIC, UART, USART, It supports UART, USART, SPI,

CAN, LIN, Ethernet, SPI, I2S CAN, LIN, I2C, Ethernet, I2S, DSP,
03. communication protocol. SAI communication protocol.

It has an effective instruction rate of It has an effective instruction rate of 1

04. 4 clock cycles per instruction. clock cycles per instruction.

It uses Flash, SDRAM, EEPROM

05. It uses SRAM, Flash memory. memory.

It is based on RISC instruction set

06. It is based on some feature of RISC. architecture.

It is based on Harvard memory It is based on modified Harvard

07. architecture. architecture.

PIC micro-controller family

includes PIC16, PIC17, PIC18, ARM micro-controller family includes
08. PIC24, PIC32. ARMv4, 5, 6, 7 and series.

It has a very good community

09. support. It has a vast community support.

Its manufacturers are Apple, Nvidia,

Qualcomm, Samsung Electronics, and
10. Its manufacturer is Microchip. TI etc.

It is available with an average cost It is available with a low cost as

11. as compared to the features. compared to the features.

Popular micro-controllers include Popular micro-controllers include

PIC18fXX8, PIC16f88X, LPC2148, ARM Cortex-M0 to ARM
12. PIC32MXX. Cortex-M7, etc.

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