Microprocessors

Microchip has announced Autosar-ready ISO 26262-compliant dsPIC33C MCUs for vehicle use. Developed following ISO 26262 process, the dsPIC33CK family has hardware features intended to simplify functional safety certifications for ASIL-B and SIL-2 automotive and industrial safety-critical applications. The dsPIC33CK1024MP7xx part of the family has 1Mbyte of flash and “enables applications running automotive software like Autosar, OS, MCAL drivers, ISO 26262 functional ...

TI has introduced new Sitara AM62 processors that help expand edge AI processing applications. The low-power design of the new processors enables support for dual-screen displays and small-size human-machine interface (HMI) applications. For more information, see TI.com/product/AM625. The next generation of HMI will bring new ways of interacting with machines, such as enabling gesture recognition to give commands in a ...

Microchip has turned to a Linux-capable single core 1GHz Arm Cortex-A7 to offer artificial intelligence (AI) processing for video and audio signals at the edge. “AI solutions often require imaging and audio capabilities which are typically found only on higher performing multi-core microprocessors that consume much more power,” claimed the company. The IC, SAMA7G54, includes both MIPI CSI-2 and traditional ...

Renesas will demonstrate Arm’s Cortex-M85 embedded processor at Embedded World in Nuremberg, expecting it to be the first public airing of the new core in a microcontroller. Aimed at IoT applications requiring artificial intelligence or machine learning, Cortex-M85 will be able to deliver over 6CoreMark/MHz, according to Renesas, and is built around Armv8.1m architecture with Helium – the latter being ...

Microchip has announced a cyber-attack-resilient microcontroller family for securing end-user equipment that goes “beyond NIST 800-193 Platform Firmware Resiliency guidelines with run-time firmware protection that anchors the secure boot process while establishing an entire chain-of-trust for the system”, according to the company, adding that it is also designed for Open Compute Project Security Called CEC173x, the aim is to be a real-time root-of-trust ...

NXP is claiming first, for a microcontroller that includes a Gbit time-sensitive networking switch and traditional industrial busses for industrial IoT. Called i.MX RT1180, the family can handle real-time industrial ethernet protocols such as Profinet, Ethernet/IP, EtherCAT, CC-Link IE Field and HSR, as well as TSN standards compliant to IEC 60802. Protocols include OPC UA Pub-Sub, Profinet over TSN and CC-Link ...

Microchip is to introduce five families of 8bit microcontrollers, sharing both its PIC and ex-Atmel AVR resources amongst new PICs and AVRs. Users who favour PIC or AVR should not be concerned, according to Microchip marketing director Oyvind Strom: “We are maintaining the bus structures of PIC and AVR, the way you interact with the peripherals and the pin-outs,” he told ...

Toshiba has started mass production of 21 40nm MCUs in the M3H group of  the TXZ+ Family Advanced Class. The M3H group includes an ARM Cortex-M3 core running at speeds up to 120MHz, integrated 512kB (max.) code flash, and 32kB data flash memory with 100k write cycle endurance as well as 64kB of RAM. The chips also offer various interface and ...

AMD has released more information on its Ryzen 6000 Pro series of processors for laptops, with eight 6nm ‘Zen 3+’ cores and RDNA 2 graphics. Much of the announcement was around increased performance and longer battery life when running Microsoft office and videoconferencing software, but there was also significant emphasis on cybersecurity provisions. “We saw new threats emerge as cybercrimes increased ...

Avnet Silica has signed a worldwide exclusive deal with Octavo Systems to handle Octavo’s Xilinx-based OSDZU3 module family. “System-in-package technology is an increasingly important tool in the field of electronic design,” said Avnet director Lucio Fornuto. “Access to Octavo’s solutions will enable our customers to take advantage of significant savings in the product development process, in their supply chains and their overall ...