<s>
ARC	B-Application
(	O
Argonaut	B-Application
RISC	I-Application
Core	I-Application
)	O
embedded	B-Architecture
system	I-Architecture
processors	O
are	O
a	O
family	O
of	O
32-bit	O
and	O
64-bit	B-Device
reduced	B-Architecture
instruction	I-Architecture
set	I-Architecture
computer	I-Architecture
(	O
RISC	B-Architecture
)	O
central	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
units	I-General_Concept
(	O
CPUs	O
)	O
originally	O
designed	O
by	O
ARC	B-Application
International	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ARC	B-Application
processors	I-Application
are	O
configurable	O
and	O
extensible	O
for	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
uses	O
in	O
system	B-Architecture
on	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
chip	I-Architecture
(	O
SoC	O
)	O
devices	O
,	O
including	O
storage	O
,	O
digital	O
home	O
,	O
mobile	O
,	O
automotive	O
,	O
and	O
Internet	B-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
things	I-Operating_System
(	O
IoT	B-Operating_System
)	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ARC	B-Application
processors	I-Application
employ	O
the	O
16-/32	O
-bit	O
ARCompact	B-Application
instruction	B-General_Concept
set	I-General_Concept
architecture	I-General_Concept
(	O
ISA	O
)	O
that	O
provides	O
good	O
performance	O
and	O
code	O
density	O
for	O
embedded	B-Architecture
and	O
host	O
SoC	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ARC	B-Application
concept	O
was	O
developed	O
initially	O
within	O
Argonaut	O
Games	O
through	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
3D	O
pipeline	O
development	O
projects	O
starting	O
with	O
the	O
Super	B-Device
FX	I-Device
chip	I-Device
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
start	O
of	O
1996	O
,	O
the	O
General	O
Manager	O
of	O
Argonaut	O
,	O
John	O
Edelson	O
,	O
started	O
reducing	O
ATL	O
projects	O
such	O
as	O
BRender	O
and	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
and	O
investing	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
ARC	B-Application
concept	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
1996	O
Rick	O
Clucas	O
decided	O
that	O
the	O
value	O
of	O
the	O
ARC	B-Application
processor	I-Application
was	O
in	O
other	O
people	O
using	O
it	O
rather	O
than	O
Argonaut	O
doing	O
projects	O
using	O
it	O
and	O
asked	O
Bob	O
Terwilliger	O
to	O
join	O
as	O
CEO	O
;	O
Rick	O
Clucas	O
then	O
took	O
on	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
CTO	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1997	O
,	O
following	O
investment	O
by	O
Apax	O
Partners	O
,	O
ATL	O
became	O
ARC	B-Application
International	O
and	O
fully	O
independent	O
from	O
Argonaut	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
ARC	B-Application
International	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Virage	O
Logic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
Virage	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Synopsys	O
,	O
and	O
ARC	B-Application
processors	I-Application
became	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Synopsys	O
DesignWare	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2020	O
Synopsys	O
released	O
the	O
ARCv3	O
ISA	O
with	O
64-bit	B-Device
support	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Designers	O
can	O
differentiate	O
their	O
products	O
by	O
using	O
patented	O
configuration	O
technology	O
to	O
tailor	O
each	O
ARC	B-Application
processor	I-Application
instance	O
to	O
meet	O
specific	O
performance	O
,	O
power	O
and	O
area	O
requirements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Configuration	O
of	O
the	O
ARC	B-Application
processors	I-Application
occurs	O
at	O
design	O
time	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
ARChitect	O
processor	O
configurator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
most	O
embedded	B-Architecture
microprocessors	O
,	O
extra	O
instructions	O
,	O
registers	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
functions	O
can	O
be	O
added	O
in	O
a	O
modular	O
fashion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Extensions	O
can	O
include	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
a	O
memory	B-General_Concept
management	I-General_Concept
unit	I-General_Concept
(	O
MMU	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
fast	O
multiplier	B-Algorithm
–	I-Algorithm
accumulator	I-Algorithm
,	O
a	O
Universal	O
Serial	O
Bus	O
(	O
USB	B-Protocol
)	O
host	O
,	O
a	O
Viterbi	B-Algorithm
path	I-Algorithm
decoder	O
,	O
or	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
proprietary	O
RTL	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
processors	O
are	O
synthesizable	B-Architecture
and	O
can	O
be	O
implemented	O
in	O
any	O
foundry	O
or	O
process	O
,	O
and	O
are	O
supported	O
by	O
a	O
complete	O
suite	O
of	O
development	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
