Arm launches Cortex-M0 + processor to lay the foundation for Iot Development

Keywords: arm Cortex-M0 Iot

Arm recently released a microprocessor with the highest power consumption efficiency in the world-arm
Cortex-M0 + processor. The optimized Cortex-M0 + processor can be used for a wide range of applications such as household appliances, white goods, medical monitoring, electronic measurement, lighting equipment and power consumption and automotive controller parts intelligent sensors and Intelligent Control system, provides low-power and low-cost Microcontroller (MCU ).

As the latest member of the arm cortex processor series, the 32-bit Cortex-M0 + processor uses a low-cost 90 nanometer low-power (LP) process with a power consumption of only 9 µa/MHz, it is about 1/3 of the current mainstream 8-bit or 16-bit processors, but it can provide higher performance.

This industry-leading combination of low power and high performance provides an ideal opportunity for users who are still using 8-bit or 16-bit architectures to transform and develop 32-bit devices, this improves the intelligence of daily devices without sacrificing power consumption and area.

Cortex-M0 + processor features contribute to the smart, low power microcontroller market, and for the "Iot" a large number of wireless connection equipment to provide efficient communication, management and maintenance.

The low power networking feature has deep potential to drive a variety of energy-saving and life-critical applications, including wireless sensors that analyze the performance and control of residential or office buildings, to the physical sensors that work with batteries and connect to health monitoring devices wirelessly. The existing 8-bit or 16-Bit Microcontroller (MCU) lacks sufficient intelligence and functions to implement these applications.

Senior Analyst of the Linley group, semiconductor industry research and consulting company, senior editor of microprocessor report, Tom R. halfhill said: "As we all know, the Internet of Things that constantly improve power consumption efficiency, security, and convenience will eventually change the world. From adaptive indoor lighting, online video games to smart sensors and motor control, ubiquitous network connections are almost beneficial to everything. However, achieving this requires a very low-cost, extremely low-power processor with good performance. Arm
Cortex-M0 + processors provide 32-bit strong performance for lightweight chips and are suitable for various industrial and consumer applications ."

Arm Cortex-M0 + processors are based on Cortex-M0 processors that have been verified by silicon crystal (silicon-proven), low power, and successfully obtained more than 50 pieces of processors authorized by leading semiconductor vendors, re-design and add multiple important new features, including single-cycle input/output (IO) to accelerate the general input/output (gpio) and access speed of peripheral devices, improved debugging and tracing capabilities, second-order pipeline technology to reduce the number of clock cycles (CPI) required for each instruction, and has optimized flash access to further reduce power consumption.

Cortex-M0 + processor not only extends the ease of use, C Programming Model advantages, but also binary compatibility with existing Cortex-M0 processor tools and real-time systems (RTOs ). As a member of the cortex-M processor series, Cortex-M0 + processor can also obtain comprehensive support for the arm cortex-M ecosystem, while its software compatibility enables it to be easily ported to a higher performance Cortex-M3 or Cortex-M4 processor.

The first vendor to gain Cortex-M0 + processor authorization includes the flykar semiconductor andXPSemiconductor.

Dr. Reza kazerounian, senior vice president and general manager of the vehicle, industry and market multi-market solutions Department of flykar, said: "We are very pleased to strengthen our partnership with arm as our main partner, the first processor product in the arm cortex-M series is authorized. Cortex-M0 + processor-based new products will make our rapidly growing kinetis Microcontroller (MCU) Product Line become industry-based ARM
One of the most extensible product portfolios of the cortex architecture. Cortex-M0 + processor ownershipCodeThe reuse capability, higher performance, and optimized power consumption efficiency can help designers transform from an existing 8-or 16-bit architecture to use the latest kinetis devices without sacrificing cost and ease of use ."

Alexander everke, executive vice president and general manager of the high performance hybrid signals division of the company, said: "The company is the only Microcontroller (MCU) provider in the industry that uses the complete arm cortex-M processor series, we are very excited to add Cortex-M0 + processors to our portfolio. Cortex-M0 processor portfolio has been successfully recognized by the market, today there are more than 70 types of Components in mass shipment, and the latest Cortex-M0 + processor will further accelerate our entry into the 8/16 market.

Mike Inglis, executive vice president and general manager of ARM processor, said: "Cortex-M0 + processor is another example of arm's low power consumption field, at the same time, it once again fulfilled its commitment to promote the development of the industry to lower power consumption. With our low power technology expertise, we have worked closely with our partners to define new processors to ensure support for today's low-cost devices and explore the potential advantages of Iot ."