On 08/03/2013 14:11, Rob Kendrick wrote:
>> 3. Timers on ARM chips don't have the same resolution as timers on x86 so
>> cache based attacks are very possible but harder.
>
> The ARM has no timers as such; it's up to the SoC vendor to integrate
> them.  And some of them are very high resolution.

At least some ARM cores have a System Timer, named SysTick
http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.arm.doc.dai0179b/ar01s02s08.html


  Francois Grieu

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