STM32 lead in the low power 32-bit microcontroller market on multiple parameters

With the ARM Cortex M based microcontrollers continue to do well in the market, the leading microcontroller chip maker STMicroelectronics takes the growth of its STM32 ARM Cortex M based microcontrollers further higher by expanding into a lot of new applications. ST way of doing that is by providing wide choice of ARM Cortex microcontrollers from ARM Cortex M0 to ARM Cortex M7 in one scale of choice and low-power mode microcontrollers to high performance microcontrollers in the other scale of choice. The low-power mode offering is now expanded into ARM Cortex M4 by offering STM32L4. This writer talked with Vinay Thapliyal, MCU Marketing and Technical Manager, STMicroelectronics India to learn below points on STM32L4 microcontroller and also market trends in 32 bit MCU: Vinay says STM32L4 is another leap for STMicroelectronics, and it is the world's best performing microcontroller in its class according to multiple tests. If you look at the general-purpose microcontroller market, it is estimated that the general-purpose microcontroller revenue is estimated to grow from year 2014 to 2017 at a CAGR of 2 to 3%. If you look at a volume growth, it is close to double-digit. Due to ASP pressure, the revenue growth is in single digit. What is driving general-purpose microcontroller market from 2014 onwards is, emergence of new range of applications such as wearable and IoT. D...