MCU
Andes technology releases AndeSight IDE v5.4 for RISC-V software development
Andes Technology announced the release of AndeSight IDE v5.4, a toolchain designed to support AI and embedded software development on RISC-V processors. The update includes native support for BF16 and FP16 data types to handle AI workloads, a unified High-bandwidth Vector Memory (HVM) management
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Renesas introduces RA2L2 microcontroller group with USB-C rev. 2.4 support for portable devices
On June 10, 2025, Renesas Electronics Corporation announced the RA2L2 microcontroller (MCU) group, featuring ultra-low power consumption and support for the USB Type-C Cable and Connector Specification Release 2.4. Based on a 48-MHz Arm Cortex-M23 processor, the RA2L2 MCUs are designed for portab
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Nuvoton introduces NuML Toolkit for AI model deployment on MCU chips
Nuvoton Technology has launched the NuML Toolkit, a tool designed to address the challenge of deploying trained AI models on resource-constrained microcontrollers in embedded systems. Optimized for the NuMicro® M55M1 microcontroller platform, the toolkit integrates model conversion, project g
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ROHM introduces AI-equipped MCUs for on-device fault prediction
ROHM has developed AI-equipped microcontrollers (MCUs), the ML63Q253x-NNNxx and ML63Q255x-NNNxx, designed for fault p
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India's own processors Vega and Shakti for embedded systems, strong foundation laid, waiting for commercial success
Embedded systems need a powerful processor/microcontroller and software IDE platform and support packages at core. With these basics, embedded systems also require few CAD/EDA tools to design the board. Lot of other semiconductor devices such as analog, power, and wireless interface ICs too
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STMicroelectronics to host STM32 Summit on May 15, featuring keynote and edge AI tech dive
STMicroelectronics will hold the STM32 Summit on May 15, 2025, with an online keynote at 10:00 AM CEST and an edge AI tech dive at 3:00 PM CEST (2:00 PM EDT). The events will be broadcast on LinkedIn and YouTube, with registration available for the tech dive and an option to save the keynote to c
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Arm Cortex M series: Features, architecture, comparison and an example of processing
Arm Cortex M series processor architecture The Arm Cortex-M processor architecture is a family of 32-bit RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer) processor cores designed by Arm Hol
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TSMC's latest A14 vs. A16 semiconductor foundry nodes compared: Speed, power and transistor density
Advanced chip foundry leader TSMC announced its latest breakthrough in s
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Renesas introduces RA0E2 MCUs delivering power efficiency and temperature resilience
Renesas announced the launch of the RA0E2 microcontroller (MCU) Group. Based on the Arm Cortex-M23 processor, these new MCUs offer industry-leading power efficiency, an extended temperature range, and a comprehensive set of peripheral functions and safety features, making them ideal for a wide ra
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STMicroelectronics introduces Stellar with xMemory for automotive microcontrollers in software-defined vehicles and electrification
STMicroelectronics has launched Stellar with xMemory, a better addition to its Stellar series of automotive microcontrollers. This new generation of extensible memory technology is set to transform the development of software-defined vehicles and platforms for electrification.
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Exploring Edge AI: NPUs, market and tech trends, processor IP and microcontroller chips ranked and analyzed
Edge AI is all about having a brain like computing processor IP core in the processor/microcontroller chip in the edge/terminal devices such as IoT embedded boards and any such devices where the processing of video/audio, sensor, and any such data is processed locally on devices. More examples in
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Synaptics expands Astra AI-Native platform with new adaptive MCUs
Synaptics has extended its award-winning Synaptics Astra AI-Native platform with the SR-Series high-performance adaptive microcontroller units for scalable context-aware Edge AI. The series features three tiers of operation: performance (100 GOPS), efficiency, and ultra-low-power (ULP) al
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