Renesas launched a new AI MCU that has 1 Mb of embedded on-chip MRAM
Renesas is introducing a new microcontroller (MCU) group, called the RA8P1, that is designed for artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and real-time analytics applications. The devices, produced at TSMC's 22 nm ulta-low leakage process, target edge and endpoint AI applications, supporting convolutional and recurrent neural networks with up to 256 MACs per cycle
The RA8P1 combines a 1GHz Arm Cortex-M85 core, a 250MHz Cortex-M33 core, and an Arm Ethos-U55 Neural Processing Unit (NPU). The MCU use a 1 Mb on-chip embedded MRAM memory.