Yokemate of Keyboards
Posts: 12125 from 2003/5/22
From: Germany
> Looks like the same article I read
Okay, so we're not any wiser yet.
> but may be they're not talking about processors?
They are, which is clear from the context the quoted part is embedded in the original document in.
> ARM also does things like fabric (i.e. bus systems)
Yes,
AMBA (APB/AHB/AXI).
> I know AppliedMicro have been using and ARM bus for some time.
Really? As far as I know they've been using IBM's
CoreConnect PLB in their Power Architecture chips, not ARM's AMBA.
http://www.google.com/search?q=site:apm.com+coreconnect+OR+plb
So I guess the question is still open either way.