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Contents Foreword................................................................................................................xvii Foreword.............................................................................................................. xviii Preface.....................................................................................................................xix Acknowledgments...................................................................................................xix Conventions .............................................................................................................xx . TermsandAbbreviations........................................................................................xxi CHAPTER 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Introduction .................................................................................................... 1 WhatIstheARMCortex-M3Processor?..................................................................1 BackgroundofARMandARMArchitecture............................................................2 1.2.1ABriefHistory .................................................................................................2 . 1.2.2ArchitectureVersions........................................................................................3 1.2.3ProcessorNaming.............................................................................................5 InstructionSetDevelopment......................................................................................7 TheThumb-2TechnologyandInstructionSetArchitecture .....................................8 . Cortex-M3ProcessorApplications............................................................................9 OrganizationofThisBook.......................................................................................10 FurtherReading .......................................................................................................10 .