ARM AMBA NIC-301 - Manual (Page 7)

Preface
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About this book
This book is for AMBA Network Interconnect.
Product revision status
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Intended audience
This book is written for system designers, system integrators, and programmers who are
designing or programming a System-on-Chip (SoC) that uses the AMBA Network Interconnect.
Using this book
This book is organized into the following chapters:
Chapter 1 Introduction
Read this for a high-level view of the AMBA Network Interconnect and a
description of its features.
Chapter 2 Functional Description
Read this for a description of the major interfaces and components of the AMBA
Network Interconnect. The chapter also describes how they operate.
Chapter 3 Programmers Model
Read this for a description the address map and registers of the AMBA Network
Interconnect.
Appendix A Revisions
Read this for a description of the technical changes between released issues of this
book.
Glossary Read this for definitions of terms used in this book.
Conventions
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Typographical
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internal cross-references, and citations.
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names. Also used for terms in descriptive lists, where appropriate.
monospace Denotes text that you can enter at the keyboard, such as commands, file
and program names, and source code.