Qualcomm Glossary

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A

  • ACA - Accessory charger adapter
  • ACC - Application Clock Controller. Docs (e.g.) qcom,kpss-acc.txt
  • ACM - Abstract control model (CDC subclass)
  • ACU - Access control unit
  • ADC - Analog-to-digital converter
  • ADMA - Advanced direct memory access
  • ADP - Attach detection protocol
  • ADSP - Audio Digital Signal Processor
  • AHB - Advanced high performance bus; AMBA high-speed bus
  • AOSS - Always-On Subsystem
  • AP - Access port
  • AP - Application processor
  • APC - Application processor core
  • APSS - Application processor subsystem
  • APU - Address protected unit
  • APU - Advance protection unit
  • APU - Area Protection Unit
  • ASM - Audio Stream Manager
  • ATB - Advanced trace bus
  • ATB - AMBA trace Bus
  • aTCU - Application translation control unit
  • AVS - Adaptive voltage scaling
  • AXI - Advanced eXtensible Interface
  • AUDIO_PD - Audio Process Protection Domain

B

  • BAM - Bus access manager/module
  • BASI - BAM-aware slave interface, between eDML and UART. Allows communication for data transfer coordination on the AHB bus.
  • BCR - Backward compatibility register. Each bit in this register enables a feature/fix, that changes the behavior of the UART controller in a manner that is not backward compatible.
  • BIMC - Bus Integrated Memory Controller
  • BLLP - Banking or Low-Power Interval
  • BLSP - BAM low speed peripherals
  • BOB - BAM operational block
  • BOM - Bus owner master
  • BP - Baseband processors
  • BR - Basic rate
  • BRIC - Reusable Bus and Interconnect Components
  • BTA - Bus Turnaround
  • BT - Bluetooth
  • BU - Bus interface unit
  • BWC - Bandwidth Compression

C

  • CAHB - Control AHB bus
  • CAMSS - Camera subsystem
  • CATS - Client-side address translation
  • CBC - Clock branch cell
  • CBC - Clock branch control
  • CBF - Coherent bus fabric
  • CCI - Camera control interface
  • CCI - (Core Cluster/Cache Coherent) Interconnect (NOT msm_bus/interconnect)
  • cCPU - Connectivity CPU
  • CCR - Configuration control register
  • CDC - Codec, Coder/Decoder
  • CDC - Communications device class (USB class)
  • CDP - Charging downstream port
  • CGC - Clock gate control block
  • CID - CSID mapped ID, which is a combination of VC and DT
  • CPAS - Common platform architecture specification
  • CP - Correlation processor
  • CPP - Camera post processing
  • CPR - Core power reduction
  • CPSM - Command path state machine
  • CPU - Central processing unit
  • CRC-32 - 32-bit Cyclic Redundancy Check
  • CRC - Cyclic redundancy check
  • CRCI - Client rate control interface
  • CRIF - Core register interface
  • CRPC - Clock, reset, and power control
  • CSR - Control and status register(s)
  • CTI - cross-trigger interface
  • CTM - Cross Trigger Matrix
  • CTS - Clear to send–incoming flow control signal
  • CURRX - Formerly known as valid_char_cnt. Amount of characters received in UART
  • CXO - Core crystal oscillator

D

  • DAC - digital-to-analog converter
  • DAHB - Data AHB bus
  • DAI - Digital Audio Interface
  • DAP - Debug Access Port
  • DCD - Data contact detection
  • DCD - Dynamic clock divide
  • DCP - Dedicated charging port
  • DCS - Display Command Set
  • DDR - Double data rate
  • DEHR - DMA Engine for Hardware Retention
  • DH - Diffie-Hellman key exchange
  • DIS - Digital image stabilization
  • DLL - Delay-locked loop. Delay line.
  • DMA - Direct memory access
  • DMB - Data memory barrier
  • DM - Data mover
  • DML - Data mover local
  • DMRX - A target value of an Rx transfer maximal length (in characters). Value is set
  • DMRX - event Occurs when CURRX value of an active RX transfer equals the DMRX
  • DMRX - low event Occurs upon a write to the UART_DM_DMRX register with a value lower
  • DPCM - Differential pulse-code modulation compression
  • DPE - DDR Protocol Engine
  • DPSM - Data path state machine
  • dQH - Device queue head
  • DRAM - Dynamic random-access memory
  • DRNG - Deterministic Random Number Generator
  • DRBG - Deterministic Random Bit Generator
  • DS - Default speed
  • DSI - Display Serial Interface
  • DSPS - Dedicated Sensors Processor Subsystem
  • DT - Data type
  • dTD - Device transfer descriptor
  • DTE - DDR Test Engine

E

  • EBI - External bus interface
  • ECC - Error Correcting Code
  • ECT - Embedded cross-trigger
  • ECNS - Echo cancellation and noise suppression
  • eDML - Bridge between BAM and QUP I 2 C/SPI interfaces. The eDML is a master on both sides and provides service to the multiple QUPs.
  • EDR - Enhanced data rate
  • EE - Execution environment
  • eMMC - Embedded multimedia card
  • EOI - End of interrupt
  • EOT - End of data transition
  • EoT - End of Transmission
  • eSD - Embedded secure digital
  • eSDIO - Embedded secure digital input/output
  • ETB - Embedded Trace Buffer
  • eTD - Enhanced transfer descriptor
  • ETF - Embedded Trace FIFO
  • ЕТМ - Embedded trace macro
  • ETR - Embedded Trace Router

F

  • FDAHB - Fast data AHB bus
  • FEC - Forward error correction
  • FIQ - Fast interrupt request
  • FM - Frequency modulation
  • FPB - Fast peripheral bus
  • FPS - Frames per second
  • FSM - Finite State Machine
  • FSUSB - Full speed USB (USB 1.0/1.1 spec and above)

G

  • GCC - Global clock controller
  • GDHS - Globally Distributed Head Switch
  • GDSC - Global distribution switch controller
  • GENI - Generic Interface
  • GFSK - Gaussian frequency-shift keying
  • GLINK
    • Fifo based mechanism for communication between subsystems on Qualcomm platforms
    • Kernel docs: qcom,glink.txt
  • GNSS - Global navigation subsystem
  • GPIO - general-purpose input/output
  • GPO - general-purpose output
  • GPU - Graphic Processing Unit
  • GSBI - General serial bus interface
  • gTCU - Graphics translation control unit

H

  • HBP - Horizontal back porch
  • HFP - Horizontal front porch
  • HLOS - High-level operating system
  • HPH - Headphone
  • HPI - High priority interrupt
  • HSA - Horizontal Sync Active
  • HS - High speed
  • HS - High-speed USB (USB 2.0 spec and above)
  • HUM - Hit under miss
  • HW - Hardware

I

  • I2S - Inter-IC Sound, specification for serial, stereo audio transfer
  • IC - Integrated circuit
  • IDLT - Idle timer
  • IKE - Internet Key Exchange
  • IM - Integration module
  • IPA - Intermediate physical address
  • IPC - Interprocess communication
  • IPC - Interprocessor communication
  • IP - Intellectual Property (also known as a core or a block)
  • IrDA - Infrared data association
  • IRQ - Interrupt Request
  • ISDB - In silicon debugger
  • ISPIF - Image signal processors interface
  • ISR - Interrupt service routine
  • ITM - Interrupt transfer mode

J

  • JDR - JTAG data registers
  • JEITA - Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association
  • JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group
  • JTAG - Joint Test Action Group (ANSI/ICEEE Std. 1149.1-1760)

K

  • KVP - Key value pairs

L

  • L2VIC - Second-level vector interrupt controller
  • LA - Linux for Android
  • LAB/IBB - LCD Amoled Boost / Inverting Buck Boost (type of regulator)
  • LCD - Liquid Crystal Display
  • LDO - Low dropout (voltage regulator)
  • LE - Low energy
  • LFSR - Liner Feedback Shift Register
  • LPAE - Large physical address extension
  • LPA_IF - Low-Power Audio Interface
  • LPA - Low-Power Audio
  • LPASS - Low-Power Audio Sub-System
  • LP - Low-power
  • LPM - Link power management
  • LPM - Low-Power Memory
  • LS - USB Low speed USB (USB 1.0/1.1 spec and above)
  • LTE - Long Term Evolution
  • LUT - Look up table

M

  • MAC - Media access control layer
  • MBA - Modem boot authentication
  • MCLK - Secure digital interface clock
  • MC - Micro controller
  • MCU - Minimum coded units
  • MDP - Mobile Display Processor in MDSS
  • MDSS - Mobile Display Subsystem
  • MGPI - Multi generic-event PMIC_ARB Interface
  • MI2S - Multichannel I2S
  • MIC - Microphone
  • MID - Master ID
  • MIPI - Mobile Industry Processor Interface
  • MMC - Multimedia card
  • MMCC - MultiMedia Clock Controller
  • MMSS - Multimedia subsystem
  • MND - M/N divider
  • MPM2 - SoC Master power manager. Always-on power management block.
  • MPM - Master power management
  • MPM - Modem power manager
  • MPP - Multipurpose pin
  • MPU - Memory Protection Unit
  • MPU - Microprocessing unit
  • MRC - Master reference code
  • MSA - Modem self authentication
  • MSM - Mobile Station Modem
  • MTP - Media transfer protocol (USB class)
  • MU-MIMO - Multi-user multiple-input, multiple-output;

N

  • NIDnT - Narrow Interface for Debug and Test
  • NIST - National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • NIU - Network Interface Unit. The NIU is a NoC block that connects masters and
  • NMEA - National marine electronics association
  • NoC - Network on Chip
  • NoC Master - Master Module or subsystem on the NoC capable of initiating transactions
  • NoC Slave - Module or subsystem on the NoC being accessed from masters. It is the
  • NPA - Node power architecture
  • NS - Nonsecure
  • NVIC - Nested vectored interrupt controller

O

  • OBEX - Object exchange (CDC subclass)
  • OCIMEM - On Chip Internal Memory
  • OEM - Original equipment manufacturer
  • OOO - Out of order
  • OS - Operating system
  • OTG - On-the-go
  • OVP - Over voltage protection

P

  • PA - Physical address
  • PBL - Primary boot loader
  • PCM - Pulse Code Modulation
  • PCNOC - Peripheral and system Configuration NoC
  • PDM - Pulse Density Modulation
  • PDN - Power distribution network
  • PD - Power domain
  • PHSS - Peripheral subsystem
  • PHY - Physical Layer
  • PIL - Peripheral image loader
  • PK - Public key
  • PLL - Phase Locked Loop
  • PMIC_ARB - PMIC arbiter
  • PMIC - Power-Management IC. May include analog audio components such as ADC,
  • POR - Power-on reset
  • PPI - Private peripheral interrupt
  • PRNG - Pseudo Random Number Generator
  • PSCBC - Power switch clock branch cell
  • PTW - Page table walk
  • PubCSR - Public configuration and status register
  • PVC - PMIC voltage control
  • PD-MAPPER - Protection Domain Mapper

Q

  • QCOM - Qualcomm
  • QDSP6 - Qualcomm digital signal processor
  • QDSS - Qualcomm Debug Subsystem
  • QFPROM - Qualcomm fuse-programmable read-only memory
  • QFROM - Qualcomm fuse programmable read-only memory
  • QGIC2 - Qualcomm generic interrupt controller; compliant to ARM GIC v2.0 spec
  • QGIC - Qualcomm Generic Interrupt Controller
  • QMP - Qualcomm Mailbox Protocol
  • QoS - Quality of service
  • QSB - Qualcomm SoC Bus
  • QTimer - Qualcomm timer
  • QTI - Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
  • QuIC - Qualcomm Innovation Center
  • QUP - Qualcomm Universal Peripheral

R

  • RAM - Random Access Memory
  • RAZ - Read As Zero
  • RBCPR - Rapid bridge core power reduction
  • RCG - Root clock generator
  • RCS - Response capable slaves
  • RDI - data Raw dump interface embedded data passed to the image pipe along the pixel
  • RDS - Radio data system
  • RFE - Reference frame engine
  • RFR - ReadyForReceive, outgoing flow control signal
  • RID - ID resistor
  • RIF - Register Interface
  • RNG - Random Number Generator
  • RPM - Resource and Power Manager
    • remoteproc (cortex M3 on msm8916)
    • The sw running on it allows each component in the system to vote for resources such as clocks, regulators, and bus frequencies
    • Not to be confused with RPMSG
    • Controlled with the "rpm_requests" SMD channel, either over #GLINK or #SMD
    • Kernel docs: qcom-rpm.txt
  • RPMCC - #RPM Clock Controller
  • RPMH - RPM Hardened (used in newer SoCs, like sdm845)
  • RPMPD - RPM Power Domains
  • RPU - Register protection unit
  • RST_CTL - Reset controller
  • RXLEV - This is the name of the watermark interrupt, asserted when amount of data words in the Rx FIFO exceeds the value in UART_DM_RFWR register. It is also referred to as the value in UART_DM_RFWR register.

S

  • SAW2 - SPM AVS wrapper. Docs: qcom,saw2.txt
  • SAW - SPM and AVS (Subystem Power Manager and Adaptive Voltage Scaling)
  • SBL - Secondary boot loader
  • SCMO - SDRAM Control and Memory Organizer
  • SC - Single character–packing/unpacking of one character per word
  • SC - Snapdragon Compute(r?)
  • SDCC - Secure digital card controller
  • SDCDC - Programmable delay line
  • SDC - Secure digital card
  • SDHCI - Secure digital host controller interface
  • SDIO - Secure digital input/output
  • SDP - Standard downstream port
  • SDR - Single data rate
  • SD - Secure digital
  • SDM - Snapdragon Mobile
  • SEV - Send event
  • SGI - Software generated interrupt
  • SHA - Secure Hash Algorithm
  • SHKE - SDRAM Housekeeping Engine
  • SIF - Standard Input Format
  • SIMD - Single instruction multiple data
  • SIM - Subscriber identity module
  • Single - character mode A UART packing/unpacking mode for both Rx and Tx channels
  • SLPC - Sleep controller
  • SLPI - Sensor Low Power Island
  • SMD - Shared memory driver
  • SMEM - Shared memory
  • SMMU - System memory management unit
  • SM - Sample memory
  • SNOC - System NoC
  • SOC - System on Chip
  • SOT - Start of data transition
  • SPB - Simple peripheral bus specification by Microsoft
  • SPI - Shared peripheral interrupt
  • SPKR - Speaker (loudspeaker)
  • SPMI - System power management interface
  • SPM - Subsystem Power Manager
  • SPS - Smart peripheral subsystem
  • SROT - Secured root of trust
  • SSBI - Single-wire serial bus interface
  • SSC - Snapdragon Sensor Core
  • SSL - Secure Sockets Layer
  • SSPP - Source surface processing pipe
  • SS - Subsystem
  • STB - Sensor timing strobe
  • STM - System Trace Macrocell
  • Sub-block - Any section of RTL code; it is typically a unit not sufficiently large and independent
  • SVS - Static voltage scaling
  • SWD - Serial Wire Debug
  • SWFI - Suspend and wait for interrupt
  • SW - Software
  • SENSORS_PD - Sensors Process Protection Domain

T

  • TAS - Telephony Application Server (VoLTE)
  • TBU - Translation buffer unit; local page table caches
  • TCM - Tightly coupled memory
  • TCSR - Top level Control and Status Register
    • Provides access for configuration and mux settings for a variety of peripherals.
    • Kernel docs: qcom,tcsr.txt
  • TCU - Translation control unit; central page table caches
  • TCXO - Crystal oscillator
  • TDM - Time-division Multiplexing
  • TE - Tearing Effect
  • TLB - Translation lookaside buffer
  • TLMM- Top-Level Mode Multiplexer
    • provides pin multiplexing and pinctrl
    • can change signal routing on almost any physical pin
  • TLS - Transport Layer Security
  • TPIU - Trace Port Interface Unit
  • TRM - Technical reference manual
  • TSENS - Temperature sensor
  • TSIF - Transport stream interface
  • TXLEV - This is the name of the watermark interrupt, asserted when amount of
  • TZ - TrustZone

U

  • UART_DM - Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter with data mover interface
  • UART - Universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter
  • UAR - Universal asynchronous reset
  • UHS - Ultra high speed
  • UIM - User identity module
  • ULPI - UTMI+ low pin interface
  • ULPM - Ultra-low power mode, generally known as standby
  • ULT - Audio Ultra Low-Power Audio, a version of LPASS
  • USB - Universal serial bus
  • UTMI - USB 2.0 transceiver macrocell interface
  • USER_PD - Dynamic User Protection Domain, cases like SNPE or CV
  • UE - User Equipment (VoLTE)
  • UT - UE to TAS (VoLTE)

V

  • VA - Virtual address
  • VBIF - Virtualizing Bus Interface
  • VBUS - USB bus voltage (5 V for USB 2.0)
  • VCO - Voltage-controlled oscillator
  • VC - Virtual channel
  • VDD_CX - Digital power domain directly supplied by CXO
  • VDD_MX - Memory power domain
  • VDD - Supply voltage
  • VENCDEC - Video encoder/decoder
  • VFE - Video Front End
  • VFR - Vocoder Frame Reference
  • VLIW - Very long instruction word
  • VLS - Voltage level shifter
  • VMIDMT - Virtual machine ID mapping table
  • VMID - Virtual machine identification
  • VPP - Video pixel processor
  • VSP - Video stream processor
  • VS - Video Share (VoLTE)
  • VT - Video Telephony (VoLTE)

W

  • WAPI - WLAN Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure
  • WB - Write buffering
  • WCSSS - Wireless connectivity sub system software
  • WCNSS/WCSS - Wireless Connectivity Subsystem
  • WDOG - Watchdog
  • WDT - Watchdog Timer
  • WFE - Wait for event
  • WFI - Wait for interrupt
  • WI - Write Ignored
  • WM - Write Master
  • WLAN - Wireless local area network

X

Y

Z

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