Silicon Labs announces new concurrent multiprotocol SoC MG26 and PG26 MCU for IoT

Silicon Labs announced immediate availability of its new EFR32MG26 Series 2 Multiprotocol Wireless SoC suggested as ideal for mesh IoT wireless connectivity using Matter, OpenThread, and Zigbee protocols for smart home, lighting, and building automation products. With key features such as high-performance 2.4 GHz RF, low current consumption, an AI/ML hardware accelerator, and Secure Vault, ARM Cortex-M33 powered chips enables more complex applications.

MG26 family offers below features and benefits (as per the company release):
Higher compute in a multicore format with an ARM Cortex-M33 CPU and dedicated cores for the radio and security subsystems, freeing up the main core for customer applications.
Doubled Flash, RAM, and GPIO capacity compared to the MG24 device family, allowing IoT device builders to develop advanced edge applications that leverage larger, more accurate machine learning models for improved performance. It also allows for the processing of larger machine learning workloads like higher resolution vision.
Embedded AI/ML hardware acceleration, enabling up to 8x faster processing of machine learning algorithms using as little as 1/6th the power compared to running on the CPU. Silicon Labs' new AI...