Micros
Digital inrush current controller reference design
IXYS Corporation has announced a reference design - High Power Digital Inrush Current Controller. It is based on Zilog’s 8-bit Z8F3281 microcontroller, a member of the Z8 Encore! XP F6482 series of microcontrollers and IXYS high performance power semiconductors.
World’s lowest power MCU enters volume production
Ambiq Micro has announced that its Apollo MCU, which recently made history by demonstrating that it consumes less than half the energy of rivals in real-world applications (according to EEMBC ULPBench benchmark), is now available for shipping into high volume consumer applications.
Secure MCUs address mobile point of sale market
Freescale Semiconductor announces that its Kinetis K8x MCU family, the industry’s most secure MCUs based on ARM Cortex-M technology, is now shipping worldwide in volume quantities. The company has also introduced the pin-compatible Kinetis KL8x family, which retains many of the same world-class security features, while leveraging the energy-efficiency of the ARM Cortex-M0+ core to address secure mobile applications including point of sale p...
Most advanced 32bit secure MCU enables new payment application
STMicroelectronics has introduced the first member of the third generation of its ST33 series of secure MCUs based on the 32-bit ARM SecurCore SC300 processor. The ST33J2M0 raises the bar in secure MCUs by providing the industry's largest (2MByte) flash programme memory, nearly doubling the memory available in a secure MCU.
Showcasing IoT development ecosystem
The Embedded Technology 2015 event, held in Japan on 18th-20th November, will see STMicroelectronics demonstrate its IoT development ecosystem and smart building solutions created with the ecosystem.
Ultra-low power MCU smashes through EEMBC ULPBench ceiling
Ambiq Micro has announced that its Apollo MCU has made history as a MCU that consumes less than half the energy of any other when tested to the industry-standard EEMBC ULPBench benchmark. The benchmark, created to assist embedded designers in selecting the lowest power MCU, standardises a typical low power design workload and measures the actual energy required to complete that workload.
Efficiently optimise code for advanced embedded applications
Altium Limited has announced a recent release of its TASKING compiler suite for ARM, extending its support for many recent ARM Cortex-M based MCUs, including Cortex-M7 variants. This compiler suite is available now and all existing customers with a maintenance contract can upgrade to the new release for free on the TASKING website.
The world’s most efficient 64-bit mobile processor
ARM announced the ARM Cortex-A35 processor, a new standard-bearer for efficiency among 64-bit capable processors. The processor is the first CPU in a new family of ultra-high-efficiency ARMv8-A processors designed for high-growth mobile and embedded applications. Cortex-A35 has been designed to open up greater user experiences enabled by the ARMv8-A architecture with its 64- and 32-bit computational capability and complete set of cryptography fea...
The world’s lowest-power capacitive touch MCUs
Texas Instruments has announced MSP430 FRAM MCUs with CapTIvate technology, which are claimed to be the world’s lowest-power capacitive touch MCUs. The MSP430FR2633 MCU with CapTIvate technology offers comprehensive hardware and software features for the most reliable performance in noise-challenged applications, including electronic access controls, appliances, personal electronics, industrial control panels and more.
MIPS CPUs continue to push boundaries from low to high end
Imagination Technologies announces compelling new additions to its MIPS Warrior CPU product line, as its growing portfolio and unique roadmap gain momentum. The broadening range of highly efficient MIPS CPUs enables an increasing number of licensees, both existing and new, to choose solutions ideally matched to their differentiated feature set, performance and business goals.