Editing Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture (section)

== Design principles ==
[[File:AMBA AXI Handshake.svg|thumb|AMBA AXI handshake]]
An important aspect of an SoC is not only which components or blocks it houses, but also how they interconnect. AMBA is a solution for the blocks to interface with each other.

The objective of the AMBA specification is to:

*facilitate ''right-first-time'' development of embedded microcontroller products with one or more CPUs, GPUs or signal processors,
*be technology independent, to allow reuse of [[IP core]]s, peripheral and system macrocells across diverse IC processes,
*encourage modular system design to improve processor independence, and the development of reusable peripheral and system IP libraries
*minimize silicon infrastructure while supporting high performance and low power on-chip communication.