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DIGITIMES Asia: India's homegrown microprocessors claim 'generation minus one' benchmarking

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024

"Regarding the benchmarking, we're operating at what you could call "generation minus one" compared to the latest contemporary microprocessors," Kamakoti said, in a recent conversation with Digitimes Asia.

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  • "Regarding the benchmarking, we're operating at what you could call "generation minus one" compared to the latest contemporary microprocessors," Kamakoti said, in a recent conversation with Digitimes Asia.
  • "The benchmarks depend on various factors, including the specific silicon and Process Development Kit (PDK) used," Kamakoti continued.
  • "We're very close to, and in some cases better than, contemporary microprocessors according to benchmarks like CoreMark, which is widely used for embedded systems.
  • Several startups in India are now leveraging Shakti for various applications, from security to SoC development, highlighting the architecture's flexibility and adaptability to specific needs.

CoreMark Homes® Introduces the Core Program

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

CoreMark Homes ®, a growing homebuyer in Central Ohio, introduces the Core Program.

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  • CoreMark Homes ®, a growing homebuyer in Central Ohio, introduces the Core Program.
  • The Core Program allows property investors to buy properties at a set price dictated by the seller.
  • The Core Program gives property investors a way to acquire fully vetted investment properties with confidence and CoreMark® receives a small commission for facilitating the transaction.
  • The Core Program gives property investors a way to acquire properties for a clearly designated price set by our growing community of sellers.

Renesas Unveils the First Generation of Own 32-bit RISC-V CPU Core Ahead of Competition

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Thursday, November 30, 2023

Renesas is among the first in the industry to independently develop a CPU core for the 32-bit general-purpose RISC-V market, providing an open and flexible platform for IoT, consumer electronics, healthcare and industrial systems.

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  • Renesas is among the first in the industry to independently develop a CPU core for the 32-bit general-purpose RISC-V market, providing an open and flexible platform for IoT, consumer electronics, healthcare and industrial systems.
  • The new RISC-V CPU core will complement Renesas’ existing IP portfolio of 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs), including the proprietary RX Family and the RA Family based on the Arm® Cortex®-M architecture.
  • While many MCU providers have recently created joint investment alliances to accelerate their development of RISC-V products, Renesas has already developed a new RISC-V core on its own.
  • This versatile CPU can serve as a main application controller, a complementary secondary core in SoCs, in on-chip subsystems, or even in deeply embedded ASSPs.

The Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation Welcomes EEMBC as the New Embedded Group

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Monday, October 30, 2023

GAINESVILLE, Va., Oct. 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC), the trusted global leader in computing benchmarks, today announced that EEMBC, the 25-year-old Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium, has become SPEC’s new Embedded Group (SPEC EG) .

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  • GAINESVILLE, Va., Oct. 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC), the trusted global leader in computing benchmarks, today announced that EEMBC, the 25-year-old Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium, has become SPEC’s new Embedded Group (SPEC EG) .
  • EEMBC gains access to workloads and harnesses developed across SPEC’s more than 20 committees, enabling faster and more efficient benchmark development.
  • Since 1997, EEMBC has developed clearly defined standards for measuring the performance and energy efficiency of embedded processor implementations, including today’s IoT edge nodes and next-generation advanced driver-assistance systems.
  • Multi-core Processor Performance , including CoreMark-Pro and AutoBench-2.0, which add parallelism and new workloads to the single-core versions.

Renesas’ New Ultra-High Performance MCUs are Industry’s First Based on Arm Cortex-M85 Processor

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Tuesday, October 31, 2023

The new RA8 Series MCUs are the industry’s first to implement the Arm® Cortex®-M85 processor, enabling the new devices to deliver industry-leading 6.39 CoreMark/MHz1 performance.

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  • The new RA8 Series MCUs are the industry’s first to implement the Arm® Cortex®-M85 processor, enabling the new devices to deliver industry-leading 6.39 CoreMark/MHz1 performance.
  • This level of performance will allow system designers to use the RA MCUs in applications that previously required microprocessors (MPUs).
  • The new series is part of Renesas’ popular RA Family of MCUs based on Arm Cortex processors.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231031195413/en/
    The new RA8 Series MCUs deploy Arm Helium™ technology, Arm’s M-Profile Vector Extension that provides up to a 4X performance boost for digital signal processor (DSP) and machine learning (ML) implementations versus MCUs based on the Arm Cortex-M7 processor.

Terapines ZCC Toolchain Fully Supports Andes RISC-V Processors

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Monday, July 31, 2023

Wuhan, China, July 31, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Terapines Technology, an innovative provider of software/hardware co-design solutions announces the full support for Andes RISC-V processors lineup in the Terapines ZCC toolchain.

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  • Wuhan, China, July 31, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Terapines Technology, an innovative provider of software/hardware co-design solutions announces the full support for Andes RISC-V processors lineup in the Terapines ZCC toolchain.
  • The ZCC toolchain delivers proven performance gains across multiple end markets, including embedded systems, high- performance computing, and AI.
  • The full support of ZCC toolchain for AndeStar™ V5 Instruction Set Architecture will allow Andes and its silicon partners to achieve higher code density and performance for MCU and SoC products built on the V5 architecture.
  • Beyond the toolchain, Terapines will provide Andes’ customers with access to our full suite of co-design tools and virtual prototype simulators.

GigaDevice to Showcase Comprehensive Industry Solutions at Embedded World 2023

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Monday, March 13, 2023

NUREMBERG, Germany, March 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GigaDevice , a semiconductor industry leader in flash memory, 32-bit Microcontrollers (MCUs) and sensor technology, today announced that it will demonstrate its comprehensive solutions in motor control, digital power, IoT, automotive and consumer applications at Embedded World 2023 on March 14-16 in Nuremberg, Germany.

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  • NUREMBERG, Germany, March 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GigaDevice , a semiconductor industry leader in flash memory, 32-bit Microcontrollers (MCUs) and sensor technology, today announced that it will demonstrate its comprehensive solutions in motor control, digital power, IoT, automotive and consumer applications at Embedded World 2023 on March 14-16 in Nuremberg, Germany.
  • Highly reliable digital power solutions based on GD32F4xx , GD32E5xx and GD32E230 , enabling high efficiency power conversion, battery management systems, power supply and power generation and EV charging stations .
  • IoT solutions based on GD32F470 and GD32E507 MCU product families with Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure cloud connectivity.
  • GigaDevice Booth Hall 3A – 527: Embedded World, March 14 – 16, 2023, Exhibition Center Nuremberg, Germany.

GigaDevice to Showcase Comprehensive Industry Solutions at Embedded World 2023

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Monday, March 13, 2023

NUREMBERG, Germany, March 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GigaDevice , a semiconductor industry leader in flash memory, 32-bit Microcontrollers (MCUs) and sensor technology, today announced that it will demonstrate its comprehensive solutions in motor control, digital power, IoT, automotive and consumer applications at Embedded World 2023 on March 14-16 in Nuremberg, Germany.

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  • NUREMBERG, Germany, March 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GigaDevice , a semiconductor industry leader in flash memory, 32-bit Microcontrollers (MCUs) and sensor technology, today announced that it will demonstrate its comprehensive solutions in motor control, digital power, IoT, automotive and consumer applications at Embedded World 2023 on March 14-16 in Nuremberg, Germany.
  • GD32F4xx is a series of high-performance general purpose 32-bit MCUs based on ARM® Cortex®-M4 core.
  • IoT solutions based on GD32F470 and GD32E507 MCU product families with Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure cloud connectivity.
  • GigaDevice Booth Hall 3A – 527: Embedded World, March 14 – 16, 2023, Exhibition Center Nuremberg, Germany.

Renesas to Demonstrate First AI Implementations on the Arm Cortex-M85 Processor Featuring Helium Technology at Embedded World

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Thursday, March 9, 2023

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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230309005330/en/
    At embedded world in 2022, Renesas became the first company to demonstrate working silicon based on the Arm Cortex-M85 processor.
  • This year, Renesas is extending its leadership by showcasing the features of the new processor in demanding AI use cases.
  • The Arm Cortex-M85 processor features Helium technology, Arm’s M-Profile Vector Extension, available as part of the Armv8.1M architecture.
  • The demonstrations will take place in the Renesas booth - Hall 1, Stand 234 (1-234) at embedded world.

STMicroelectronics brings 32-bit kick to cost-sensitive 8-bit applications with STM32C0 series microcontrollers

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Thursday, January 12, 2023

In assuring availability, ST targets the new STM32C0 series to equipment like home appliances , industrial pumps , fans , smoke detectors , typically served by simpler 8-bit and 16-bit MCUs.

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  • In assuring availability, ST targets the new STM32C0 series to equipment like home appliances , industrial pumps , fans , smoke detectors , typically served by simpler 8-bit and 16-bit MCUs.
  • The modern, 32-bit design of the STM32C0 permits improvements such as faster response, extra functions, and network connection at similar overall cost and power consumption.
  • As a part of the STM32 continuum, STM32C0 devices allow easy migration into the STM32G0 Series to tackle more demanding projects, sharing a consistent pinout.
  • An STM32C0 Nucleo ( NUCLEO-C031C6 ) low-cost development board and two STM32C0 Discovery Kits ( STM32C0116-DK and STM32C0316-DK ) are available.