doc: arch: Convert README.NDS32 to reST

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Signed-off-by: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com>

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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
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+NDS32
+=====
+
+NDS32 is a new high-performance 32-bit RISC microprocessor core.
+
+http://www.andestech.com/
+
+AndeStar ISA
+------------
+AndeStar is a patent-pending 16-bit/32-bit mixed-length instruction set to
+achieve optimal system performance, code density, and power efficiency.
+
+It contains the following features:
+ - Intermixable 32-bit and 16-bit instruction sets without the need for
+   mode switch.
+ - 16-bit instructions as a frequently used subset of 32-bit instructions.
+ - RISC-style register-based instruction set.
+ - 32 32-bit General Purpose Registers (GPR).
+ - Upto 1024 User Special Registers (USR) for existing and extension
+   instructions.
+ - Rich load/store instructions for...
+      - Single memory access with base address update.
+      - Multiple aligned and unaligned memory accesses for memory copy and stack
+        operations.
+      - Data prefetch to improve data cache performance.
+      - Non-bus locking synchronization instructions.
+ - PC relative jump and PC read instructions for efficient position independent
+   code.
+ - Multiply-add and multiple-sub with 64-bit accumulator.
+ - Instruction for efficient power management.
+ - Bi-endian support.
+ - Three instruction extension space for application acceleration:
+      - Performance extension.
+      - Andes future extensions (for floating-point, multimedia, etc.)
+      - Customer extensions.
+
+AndesCore CPU
+-------------
+Andes Technology has 4 families of CPU cores: N12, N10, N9, N8.
+
+For details about N12 CPU family, please check below N1213 features.
+N1213 is a configurable hard/soft core of NDS32's N12 CPU family.
+
+N1213 Features
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+CPU Core
+ - 16-/32-bit mixable instruction format.
+ - 32 general-purpose 32-bit registers.
+ - 8-stage pipeline.
+ - Dynamic branch prediction.
+ - 32/64/128/256 BTB.
+ - Return address stack (RAS).
+ - Vector interrupts for internal/external.
+   interrupt controller with 6 hardware interrupt signals.
+ - 3 HW-level nested interruptions.
+ - User and super-user mode support.
+ - Memory-mapped I/O.
+ - Address space up to 4GB.
+
+Memory Management Unit
+ - TLB
+      - 4/8-entry fully associative iTLB/dTLB.
+      - 32/64/128-entry 4-way set-associati.ve main TLB.
+      - TLB locking support
+ - Optional hardware page table walker.
+ - Two groups of page size support.
+     - 4KB & 1MB.
+     - 8KB & 1MB.
+
+Memory Subsystem
+ - I & D cache.
+      - Virtually indexed and physically tagged.
+      - Cache size: 8KB/16KB/32KB/64KB.
+      - Cache line size: 16B/32B.
+      - Set associativity: 2-way, 4-way or direct-mapped.
+      - Cache locking support.
+ - I & D local memory (LM).
+      - Size: 4KB to 1MB.
+      - Bank numbers: 1 or 2.
+      - Optional 1D/2D DMA engine.
+      - Internal or external to CPU core.
+
+Bus Interface
+ - Synchronous/Asynchronous AHB bus: 0, 1 or 2 ports.
+ - Synchronous High speed memory port.
+   (HSMP): 0, 1 or 2 ports.
+
+Debug
+ - JTAG debug interface.
+ - Embedded debug module (EDM).
+ - Optional embedded program tracer interface.
+
+Miscellaneous
+ - Programmable data endian control.
+ - Performance monitoring mechanism.
+
+The NDS32 ports of u-boot, the Linux kernel, the GNU toolchain and other
+associated software are actively supported by Andes Technology Corporation.