Microprocessors

Imagination Technologies has announced a series of smaller GPUs, but has not publicly released any technical details. Called CXM, at least some of them support 4K resolution, and at least some support 10bit RGBA and YUV ‘HDR (high dynamic range) operation. “CXM GPUs boast nearly 50% more performance in the same silicon area than IMG BXM cores,” according to the ...

ST is offering SESIP Level 3 security certification in 64bit microprocessors aimed at industry-4.0, with industrial interfaces and edge AI acceleration. Called the STM32MP2 series, these are the first 64bit STM32 ICs (all before are 32bit), and the first of this series will be the STM32MP25, available with single or dual 1.5GHz 64bit Arm Cortex-A35 cores (up to 6,000 DMIPS), ...

Nordic Semiconductor has announced an SoCs for Bluetooth Low Energy, LE Audio, Bluetooth mesh, Thread and Matter with “multiple Arm Cortex-M33 processors, clocked up to 320MHz” and “multiple RISC-V coprocessors”, it said. Part of a forthcoming nRF54 series, the new IC, nRF54H20, will be fabricated on GlobalFoundries’ 22FDX process and “capable of supporting Bluetooth 5.4 and future Bluetooth specifications, plus ...

Aiming at secure authentication, NXP has put an NFC reader on the same IC as SESIP-Level 2 security and an Arm Cortex-M33 with 180kbyte flash and 20kbyte ram. Dubbed PN7642, it was announced in Nuremberg at Embedded World this week. “NFC technology has become foundational to secure authentication, whether it’s verifying that the person standing at the front door has ...

In a second announcement in one day at Embedded World In Nuremberg, TI revealed Arm Cortex-A72-based microcontrollers for AI and vision processing with up to 12 cameras, for building, industrial and retail automation. AM62A3 and AM62A7 (and their ..-Q1 automotive cousins) support one to two cameras (up to 5Mpixel, streaming up to 4K30frame/s) at less than 2W for doorbell cameras ...

At Embedded World in Nuremberg today, Texas Instruments announced dozens of Arm Cortex-M0+ based microcontrollers, designed to allow users to switch from device to device to trade performance for cost. “TI is building the industry’s most comprehensive portfolio of Arm Cortex-M0+ based MCUs,” claimed TI MCU v-p Vinay Agarwal. Two be known as MSPM0, there are initially two sub-groups, one ...

AMD announced its 4th generation EPYC embedded processors at Embedded World today, using its ‘Zen 4’ architecture and aimed at embedded networking, security, firewalls and storage in cloud and enterprise computing, as well in factory floor industrial edge servers. There are 10 processors in the Embedded 9004 Series, made using a 5nm chip process, with 16 to 96 cores see ...

Onsemi announced an automotive-grade Bluetooth Low Energy wireless microcontroller, intended to reduce the weight of sensor cabling in vehicles. “Excelling at applications such as vehicle access and tire monitoring systems, the miniature size of NCV-RSL15 makes it perfectly suited for portable remote access devices and in-tire and in-vehicle locations,” said Onsemi industrial solutions v-p Michel De Mey. Arm CryptoCell is ...

Silicon Labs has announced wireless microcontrollers built around Arm’s security-enabled Cortex M33 processor. “Designed for the smallest IoT devices, the xG27 family ranges in size from 2mm-squared to 5 mm-squared. These offer designers energy efficiency, performance, trusted security and  wireless connectivity,” according to the company. Such as “connected medical devices, wearables, asset monitoring tags and simple consumer electronics like toothbrushes ...

Infineon has created an IC to embedded in things that need to be controlled by a near-by mobile phone, which has in-built sensing and a motor driver. “Potential applications range from medical patches and disposable point-of-case testers, to data loggers, smart thermostats, smart locks and sensor inlays,” according to the company. Called NGC1081, the IC can be temporarily powered by ...