Developers from ARM's Systems and Software Group and trainers from ARM's Partner Enablement Group will deliver key information and training to get you up to speed with the state of the art in support for Android on 64-bit ARM platforms. We'll cover details of the 64-bit ARMv8-A architecture and instruction set, the development environment, and we'll be giving key advice on porting your native code to 64-bit.

All presentations are available from:

http://malideveloper.arm.com/events/developing-for-64-bit-android-on-arm/

Agenda for the day

09.00-10.00 – Coffee, tea and biscuits on arrival

09.30-10.00 - Registration

10.00-11.00 – Introduction to ARMv8, Chris Shore, Training Product Manager, ARM

This talk gives an overview of ARMv8-A, the 64-bit ARM architecture increasingly being adopted in mobile platforms. He will cover major features, the relation to earlier architectures, a brief overview of the programmer’s model, instruction set, memory model, memory management, privilege model and exception architecture.

11.00-12.00 – The A64 instruction set, Matteo Franchin, Senior Software Engineer, ARM

This session provides a comprehensive overview of the new A64 instruction set as supported by ARMv8-A. It will cover the scalar and SIMD register banks, data processing capability, memory access instructions as well as touching on the procedure call standards in use.

12.00-13.00 – Lunch

13.00-14.00 – OpenGL [ES] Optimizations, Shanee Nishry, Developer Advocate, Google

Performance is important for smooth gameplay and a good gaming experience. This talk goes over good programming practices and some OpenGL tricks that may allow you to increase your game's fps and get more out of your devices.

14.00-15.00 – Demystifying 64-bit development on Android, Ramin Zaghi, Senior Applications Engineer, ARM

This talk covers how 64-bit support has changed Android, in particular ART and the way ART interacts with native code, and how those affect Application performance, size and execution. The session also attempts to answer the critical question: Should I develop for 64-bit, and if so when?

15.00-15.15 - Coffee, tea and cake break

15.15-16.15 – Porting to 64-bit on ARM, Chris Shore, Training Product Manager, ARM

This session looks at some of the major activities involved in porting code to the AArch64 environment on an ARMv8-A platform. It will touch on data widths, pointers, data handling, call procedure standards and provide pointers to optimization strategies.

16.15-16.45 – Example: Porting Unreal Engine 4 to ARMv8, Ramin Zaghi, Senior Applications Engineer, ARM

This example illustrate the work and results of porting the Unreal Engine 4 to ARMv8 architecture, allowing mobile game developers to move to 64-bit and its improved instruction set for their games. The example also includes a game demonstration, covering important battery saving techniques and other ARM features and tools integrated into Unreal Engine 4.

16.45 – Prize draw: Samsung Galaxy S6