,ARM System Developer’s Guide
Designing and Optimizing
System Software
, About the Authors
Andrew N. Sloss
Andrew Sloss received a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Herefordshire (UK)
in 1992 and was certified as a Chartered Engineer by the British Computer Society (C.Eng, MBCS).
He has worked in the computer industry for over 16 years and has been involved with the ARM
processor since 1987. He has gained extensive experience developing a wide range of applications
running on the ARM processor. He designed the first editing systems for both Chinese and Egyptian
Hieroglyphics executing on the ARM2 and ARM3 processors for Emerald Publishing (UK). Andrew
Sloss has worked at ARM Inc. for over six years. He is currently a Technical Sales Engineer advising
and supporting companies developing new products. He works within the U.S. Sales Organization
and is based in Los Gatos, California.
Dominic Symes
Dominic Symes is currently a software engineer at ARM Ltd. in Cambridge, England, where
he has worked on ARM-based embedded software since 1995. He received his B.A. and D.Phil. in
Mathematics from Oxford University. He first programmed the ARM in 1989 and is particularly
interested in algorithms and optimization techniques. Before joining ARM, he wrote commercial and
public domain ARM software.
Chris Wright
Chris Wright began his embedded systems career in the early 80s at Lockheed Advanced Marine
Systems. While at Advanced Marine Systems he wrote small software control systems for use on
the Intel 8051 family of microcontrollers. He has spent much of his career working at the Lockheed
Palo Alto Research Laboratory and in a software development group at Dow Jones Telerate. Most
recently, Chris Wright spent several years in the Customer Support group at ARM Inc., training and
supporting partner companies developing new ARM-based products. Chris Wright is currently the
Director of Customer Support at Ultimodule Inc. in Sunnyvale, California.
John Rayfield
John Rayfield, an independent consultant, was formerly Vice President of Marketing, U.S., at
ARM. In this role he was responsible for setting ARM’s strategic marketing direction in the U.S.,
and identifying opportunities for new technologies to serve key market segments. John joined ARM
in 1996 and held various roles within the company, including Director of Technical Marketing and
R&D, which were focused around new product/technology development. Before joining ARM, John
held several engineering and management roles in the field of digital signal processing, software,
hardware, ASIC and system design. John holds an M.Sc. in Signal Processing from the University of
Surrey (UK) and a B.Sc.Hons. in Electronic Engineering from Brunel University (UK).
, ARM System
Developer’s Guide
Designing and Optimizing
System Software
Andrew N. Sloss
Dominic Symes
Chris Wright
With a contribution by John Rayfield
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NEW YORK • OXFORD • PARIS • SAN DIEGO
SAN FRANCISCO • SINGAPORE • SYDNEY • TOKYO
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Designing and Optimizing
System Software
, About the Authors
Andrew N. Sloss
Andrew Sloss received a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Herefordshire (UK)
in 1992 and was certified as a Chartered Engineer by the British Computer Society (C.Eng, MBCS).
He has worked in the computer industry for over 16 years and has been involved with the ARM
processor since 1987. He has gained extensive experience developing a wide range of applications
running on the ARM processor. He designed the first editing systems for both Chinese and Egyptian
Hieroglyphics executing on the ARM2 and ARM3 processors for Emerald Publishing (UK). Andrew
Sloss has worked at ARM Inc. for over six years. He is currently a Technical Sales Engineer advising
and supporting companies developing new products. He works within the U.S. Sales Organization
and is based in Los Gatos, California.
Dominic Symes
Dominic Symes is currently a software engineer at ARM Ltd. in Cambridge, England, where
he has worked on ARM-based embedded software since 1995. He received his B.A. and D.Phil. in
Mathematics from Oxford University. He first programmed the ARM in 1989 and is particularly
interested in algorithms and optimization techniques. Before joining ARM, he wrote commercial and
public domain ARM software.
Chris Wright
Chris Wright began his embedded systems career in the early 80s at Lockheed Advanced Marine
Systems. While at Advanced Marine Systems he wrote small software control systems for use on
the Intel 8051 family of microcontrollers. He has spent much of his career working at the Lockheed
Palo Alto Research Laboratory and in a software development group at Dow Jones Telerate. Most
recently, Chris Wright spent several years in the Customer Support group at ARM Inc., training and
supporting partner companies developing new ARM-based products. Chris Wright is currently the
Director of Customer Support at Ultimodule Inc. in Sunnyvale, California.
John Rayfield
John Rayfield, an independent consultant, was formerly Vice President of Marketing, U.S., at
ARM. In this role he was responsible for setting ARM’s strategic marketing direction in the U.S.,
and identifying opportunities for new technologies to serve key market segments. John joined ARM
in 1996 and held various roles within the company, including Director of Technical Marketing and
R&D, which were focused around new product/technology development. Before joining ARM, John
held several engineering and management roles in the field of digital signal processing, software,
hardware, ASIC and system design. John holds an M.Sc. in Signal Processing from the University of
Surrey (UK) and a B.Sc.Hons. in Electronic Engineering from Brunel University (UK).
, ARM System
Developer’s Guide
Designing and Optimizing
System Software
Andrew N. Sloss
Dominic Symes
Chris Wright
With a contribution by John Rayfield
AMSTERDAM • BOSTON • HEIDELBERG • LONDON
NEW YORK • OXFORD • PARIS • SAN DIEGO
SAN FRANCISCO • SINGAPORE • SYDNEY • TOKYO
Morgan Kaufmann is an imprint of Elsevier
