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Overview of Memory and I/O Spaces

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Overview of Memory and I/O Spaces

The ’C24x design is based on an enhanced Harvard architecture. The ’C24x

has multiple memory spaces accessible on three parallel buses: a program

address bus (PAB), a data-read address bus (DRAB), and a data-write ad-

dress bus (DWAB). Each of the three buses access different memory spaces

for different phases of the device’s operation. Because the bus operations are

independent, it is possible to access both the program and data spaces simul-

taneously. Within a given machine cycle, the CALU can execute as many as

three concurrent memory operations.

The ’C24x address map is organized into four individually selectable spaces:

- Program memory (64K words) contains the instructions to be executed,

as well as data used during program execution.

- Data memory (64K words) holds data used by the instructions.

- Global data memory (32K words) shares data with other devices or

serves as additional data space.

- Input/output (I/O) space (64K words) interfaces to external peripherals

and may contain on-chip registers.

These spaces provide a total address space of 224K words. The ’C24x in-

cludes on-chip memory to aid in system performance and integration, and nu-

merous addresses that can be used for external memory and I/O devices.

The advantages of operating from on-chip memory are:

- Higher performance than external memory (because the wait states re-

quired for slower external memories are avoided)

- Lower cost than external memory

- Lower power consumption than external memory

The advantage of operating from external memory is the ability to access a

larger address space.

The memory maps shown in Figure 3–1 are generic for all ’C24x devices; how-

ever, each device has its own set of memory maps. ’C24x devices are avail-

able with different combinations of on-chip memory and peripherals. You

should refer to the appropriate data sheet for details about a specific device.

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