Embedded microprocessors

Toshiba Releases Arm® Cortex®-M4 Microcontrollers for Motor Control as First Products in the TXZ+TM Family Advanced Class

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Thursday, July 29, 2021
Semiconductor, Consumer electronics, Technology, Manufacturing, Software, Other Manufacturing, Hardware, Computer architecture, Computing, Companies, Acorn Computers, Instruction set architectures, Embedded microprocessors, Microcontrollers, ARM Cortex-M, ARM architecture, Arm Ltd., SuperH, Toshiba

Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation ("Toshiba") has started the mass production of 12 new devices in the M4K group for motor control as the first products of the TXZ+TM family advanced class, and will start mass production of another 10 products in the M4M group in August 2021.

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  • Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation ("Toshiba") has started the mass production of 12 new devices in the M4K group for motor control as the first products of the TXZ+TM family advanced class, and will start mass production of another 10 products in the M4M group in August 2021.
  • Both the M4K and M4M groups of microcontrollers will be manufactured in a 40nm process, and belong to the TXZ4A+ series .
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210728005418/en/
    Toshiba: TXZ+ Family Advanced Class, Arm Cortex-M4 Microcontrollers for Motor Control (Graphic: Business Wire)
    These products use Arm Cortex-M4 core with FPU, running up to 160MHz, and integrating motor control circuit A-PMD (advance-programmable motor driver), 32-bit encoder A-ENC (advanced-encoder) and vector engine A-VE+ (advanced vector engine plus).
  • High performance Arm Cortex-M4 core with FPU, max 160MHz
    Motor control for consumer home appliances and industrial equipment.

Snapdragon Chemistry and Shimadzu Announce Collaboration to Enable Automated Biopharmaceutical Process Development

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Wednesday, July 7, 2021
Chromatography, Embedded microprocessors, Qualcomm, System on a chip, Gesture recognition, Qualcomm Snapdragon, High-performance liquid chromatography, Shimadzu, Natural sciences, Science, Skills

The strategic collaboration aims to help chemical manufacturing processes become more cost-effective, safer and easier.

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  • The strategic collaboration aims to help chemical manufacturing processes become more cost-effective, safer and easier.
  • As the first step, the companies fully integrated automated process sampling with ultra-high performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) in a compact footprint appropriate for real-time process analytics.
  • "We could not be more excited about this partnership with Shimadzu to bring our innovative SRS solution to market," says Snapdragon Chemistry president and CEO Matthew Bio.
  • "Partnering with Shimadzu enables Snapdragon to access incredibly information-rich chromatographic data that is ideal for applying machine learning tools in chemical process development and product quality control in advanced biopharmaceutical manufacturing," adds Snapdragon Chemistry CSO Eric Fang.

MEDIA ALERT: Join Andes Technology Corp. at the TSMC 2021 Online Technology Symposium Next Tuesday

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Thursday, May 27, 2021
Instruction set architectures, Computer architecture, Microprocessors, Computing, Embedded microprocessors, TSMC, RISC-V, Andes Technology, SuperH, Pipeline

San Jose, May 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MEDIA ALERT:

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  • San Jose, May 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MEDIA ALERT:
    What: The 2021 TSMC North America Technology Symposium is TSMCs annual event that will include keynotes and technology updates.
  • Who: Andes Technology Corp. will be showcasing its popular 5-stage pipeline 27-Series (A(X)27, A(X)27L2, NX27V) RISC-V and 8-stage in-order superscalar 45-Series (N(X)45, D45, A(X)45 RISC-V families, based on Andes latest AndeStar V5 Architecture.
  • The TSMC event website is password protected, thus Andes exhibit page has no direct link.
  • If you haven't registered and wish to attend, the 2021 TSMC North America Technology Symposium registration link is: https://tsmc-signup.pl-marketing.biz/attendees/2021symp/na/registration
    Hope to chat with you next Tuesday, June 2nd!

Strategy Analytics: Smartphone and Tablet Slim Modem Revenue Jump 72 Percent in 2020

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Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Consumer electronics, Technology, Other Technology, Telecommunications, Mobile, Wireless, Internet, Hardware, Technology, Computing, Computers, Personal computing, Fabless semiconductor companies, System on a chip, ARM architecture, Embedded microprocessors, Qualcomm, Modem, Smartphone, Intel

b'According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, the global smartphone and tablet slim modem market grew 72 percent to $5.8 billion in 2020.\nIntel led the smartphone and tablet slim modem market in unit terms while Qualcomm led in revenue terms in 2020, per Strategy Analytics\' Handset Component Technologies (HCT) research report " Smartphone and Tablet Slim Modem Tracker 2020: Intel Leads but Qualcomm Gains Share ".

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  • b'According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, the global smartphone and tablet slim modem market grew 72 percent to $5.8 billion in 2020.\nIntel led the smartphone and tablet slim modem market in unit terms while Qualcomm led in revenue terms in 2020, per Strategy Analytics\' Handset Component Technologies (HCT) research report " Smartphone and Tablet Slim Modem Tracker 2020: Intel Leads but Qualcomm Gains Share ".
  • Samsung LSI ranked number three in the smartphone and tablet slim modem market in 2020 with its Exynos-branded 5G slim modems.
  • The terms slim modem used in this research report refers to a stand-alone baseband processor.\nSravan Kundojjala , the author of the report and Associate Director of the Strategy Analytics\' Handset Component Technologies service, commented, "Qualcomm made a strong comeback and captured 56 percent revenue share in the smartphone and tablet slim modem market in 2020.
  • "\nAccording to Christopher Taylor , Director of the Strategy Analytics\' RF & Wireless Components service, added, "Intel led the smartphone and tablet slim modem market in unit terms.

Aspinity Joins STMicroelectronics Partner Program to Deliver Complete AnalogML Solutions for Always-on Edge Processing

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Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Microcontrollers, ARM architecture, Embedded microprocessors, Companies, Computer science, Computer engineering, STM32, STMicroelectronics

PITTSBURGH, March 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aspinity has joined the ST Partner Program to accelerate the integration of Aspinitys ultra-low-power analog machine learning (analogML) core with STMicroelectronics high-performance microcontrollers (MCUs) into small, power-constrained always-on sensing devices.

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  • PITTSBURGH, March 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aspinity has joined the ST Partner Program to accelerate the integration of Aspinitys ultra-low-power analog machine learning (analogML) core with STMicroelectronics high-performance microcontrollers (MCUs) into small, power-constrained always-on sensing devices.
  • The collaboration between Aspinity and STMicroelectronics enables customers to rapidly adopt analogML to bridge the gap more efficiently between the analog physical world and the digital processing world.
  • The companies achieve this by focusing data digitization and higher-order analysis only on important data.
  • When voice is detected, the analogML core in the EVK2 wakes the STM32H743ZI to deliver the preroll for accurate keyword analysis by the included Amazon WWE.

STMicroelectronics Speeds Smart Devices to Market with Extra Software for Microsoft® Azure RTOS Projects on STM32 MCUs

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Monday, March 1, 2021
Microcontrollers, ARM architecture, Embedded systems, Embedded microprocessors, Computing, Computer science, STM32, Embedded operating systems

ST and Microsoft announced seamless access to the Azure RTOS suite through STs STM32Cube* ecosystem in 2020.

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  • ST and Microsoft announced seamless access to the Azure RTOS suite through STs STM32Cube* ecosystem in 2020.
  • Building on that initiative, the new software packs provide additional code examples that help overcome common engineering challenges to accelerate time to market.
  • With the latest STM32Cube Expansion Packages, our customers can be sure of achieving the fastest route to market when creating new products running Azure RTOS.
  • The first expansion pack, X-CUBE-AZRTOS-H7, gives a head-start to projects targeted at using STs STM32H7 microcontrollers (MCUs) , the highest performing series in the STM32 MCU family .

STMicroelectronics Reveals Extreme Low-Power STM32U5 Microcontrollers with Advanced Performance and Cybersecurity

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Thursday, February 25, 2021
Computing, Acorn Computers, Technology, Computer architecture, ARM architecture, Microcontrollers, Embedded microprocessors, Fabless semiconductor companies, Arm Ltd., Internet of things, STM32, ARM Cortex-M

The new STM32U5 series teams the efficient Arm Cortex-M33 core with STs innovative proprietary power-saving features and on-chip IP cutting down energy demand while pumping up performance.

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  • The new STM32U5 series teams the efficient Arm Cortex-M33 core with STs innovative proprietary power-saving features and on-chip IP cutting down energy demand while pumping up performance.
  • We expect our STM32U5 microcontrollers to be even more popular, enabling our customers to create new smart consumer and industrial products that deliver superior energy rating, performance, and cyberprotection.
  • The STM32U5 provides an excellent platform for delivering Azure IoT services via Azure RTOS leveraging the advanced features of STM32U5 microcontroller, said Sam George, Corporate Vice President, Azure IoT at Microsoft Corporation.
  • Jonathan Williams, Lead Product Manager at Twilio, commented, Being among the first developers to start using the STM32U5 has given Twilio Microvisor that unique combination of extreme low power, efficient performance, and advanced cybersecurity that Twilio customers are asking for.

Quectel announces 2nd gen of 5G NR modules compliant with 3GPP R16 standard

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Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Telecommunications, Technology, Internet of things, Mobile telecommunications, Science and technology, ARM architecture, Embedded microprocessors, System on a chip, 5G, Qualcomm Snapdragon, Qualcomm Snapdragon LTE modem

The release includes the sub-6GHz modules Rx520F and the Rx520N series as well as the RM530x series of mmWave modules.

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  • The release includes the sub-6GHz modules Rx520F and the Rx520N series as well as the RM530x series of mmWave modules.
  • Quectel's new 5G NR sub-6GHz modules include the RG520F (LGA), the RM520F (M.2) based on Snapdragon X65, and the RG520N (LGA), the RM520N (M.2) based on Snapdragon X62.
  • The module supplier will also offer second-generation modules that support sub-6GHz and mmWave dual connectivity, the Quectel RM530F and RM530N modules (M.2).
  • It's worth noting that Quectel's new 5G modules support all three combinations of sub-6GHz TDD and FDD carrier aggregation (CA).

STMicroelectronics Announces Mass-Market Availability of STM32WL LoRa®-Compatible Wireless System-on-Chip Family

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Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Microcontrollers, Computer science, Computing, ARM architecture, Embedded microprocessors, Computer architecture, STM32, Wireless networking, Lora, STMicroelectronics, NB-Fi

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    Geneva, December 9, 2020 STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, has expanded availability of its market-unique STM32WL long-range sub-GHz wireless system-on-chip (SoC) family, adding flexible configurations and package options for diverse mass-market applications.
  • The STM32WL series combines STs STM32 ultra-low-power microcontroller (MCU) architecture with a sub-GHz radio subsystem that supports multiple modulation schemes.
  • Monolithic integration of STs STM32 ultra-low-power architecture and sub-GHz multi-modulation radio featuring LoRa modulation makes the STM32WL series unique in the market.
  • STM32 is a registered and/or unregistered trademark of STMicroelectronics International NV or its affiliates in the EU and/or elsewhere.

Menta and Andes Announce Partnership Enabling Hardware Reconfiguring for ISA Extension

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Monday, December 7, 2020
Instruction set architectures, Computer architecture, Microprocessors, Computing, Embedded microprocessors, Classes of computers, Microcontrollers, RISC-V, Reduced instruction set computer, Instruction set architecture, Arc, SuperH

Andes is working with Menta to enable embedded programmable logic through eFPGA in its RISC-V AndesCore families.

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  • Andes is working with Menta to enable embedded programmable logic through eFPGA in its RISC-V AndesCore families.
  • Menta and Andes share the same vision, providing customers with a joint solution that allows instruction set architecture (ISA) extension to be added or changed in the field.
  • Extending RISC-V ISA with custom instruction set extension, based on eFPGA co-extended core, is the key differentiator for the next processor units generation.
  • It is an honour for Menta to work in close partnership with Andes Technology Corporation, said Menta Chief Executive Officer Vincent Markus.