Thomas Lorenser, who works at Arm in the IoT line of business. At the Embedded World 2023 in Nuremberg Germany, Arm projects dominate, with many new announcements including the highly-performing M-class CPU called Cortex M85, pushing the boundaries of performance for machine learning, signal processing, and scalar workloads. There is a trend towards driving more compute capabilities at the edge, including machine learning and machine vision capabilities, which is extending into the microcontroller world as well. Himax integrates the Cortex M55 and Ethos-U55 to achieve neural network processing capabilities for machine learning in tiny applications. Arm Virtual Hardware is a project that enables software development to start before the hardware is available, and it provides a faster time to market and more simulation emulation. Finally, there is a program called Arm System Ready, which enables reuse of software development for individual platforms, thereby avoiding the need to reinvent the wheel for each individual platform. (chatgpt generated paragraph based on auto subtitle)

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Arm at Embedded World 2023

Arm is a leading provider of semiconductor intellectual property (IP). The company’s products are used in a wide range of devices, including smartphones, tablets, laptops, and servers.

At Embedded World 2023, Arm showcased its latest innovations in the embedded computing market. The company’s booth featured a variety of products, including the Cortex-M85 microcontroller, the Ethos-U55 neural network processor, and the Arm Virtual Hardware platform.

The Cortex-M85 is a high-performance microcontroller that is designed for machine learning and signal processing applications. The Ethos-U55 is a neural network processor that is optimized for energy efficiency. The Arm Virtual Hardware platform is a software emulator that allows developers to test their software on a virtual representation of Arm hardware.

Arm’s products are used in a wide range of embedded devices, including industrial automation, automotive, and medical devices. The company’s products are also used in a variety of consumer electronics, including smartphones, tablets, and laptops.

Arm is a leading provider of semiconductor IP. The company’s products are used in a wide range of devices, and the company is committed to innovation in the embedded computing market.

Here are some additional details about the products featured in the video:

Cortex-M85: A high-performance microcontroller that is designed for machine learning and signal processing applications.
Ethos-U55: A neural network processor that is optimized for energy efficiency.
Arm Virtual Hardware platform: A software emulator that allows developers to test their software on a virtual representation of Arm hardware.
Here are some additional details about the trends that Thomas Lorenzo discusses in the video:

Machine learning: Machine learning is being used in a variety of embedded applications, including voice-activated door locks, connected motor control, and predictive maintenance.
Vision and graphics: Vision and graphics are becoming more important in embedded applications, such as smart displays in appliances.
Cortex-M with AI: The Cortex-M microcontroller family is being extended with new features for machine learning, such as the Helium vector processing unit.
Arm Virtual Hardware: The Arm Virtual Hardware platform allows developers to test their software on a virtual representation of Arm hardware, which can save time and money.

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Candera, experts in embedded software development with a focus on creating tools for embedded HMIs, filmed at Embedded World 2023 in Nuremberg Germany. While they are well known for their work in the automotive industry, they also develop for many other use cases. They pride themselves on being hardware agnostic, but they do support popular chips such as ST. Their showcase includes the S1032 development kit for a medical glucose meter application. They believe that the demand for better-looking HMIs is growing, which is why they have created a beautiful wall to showcase their work. Their demo applications include a fully functional home application with remote control for lights and a cat toy, an industrial oven, a coffee machine that remembers your favourite coffee, and a treadmill running on a Raspberry Pi. Their main business is licensing their tool to customers, who use it to create their own solutions. They offer support for UI/UX design and complete projects, and their tool is priced per developer or floating model, with a small royalty per device shipped. They also have a cluster running on a Renessas RCA 3, which demonstrates impressive performance for 3D modeling and rendering. They’ve had a successful fair, and they welcome discussions with anyone interested in working with them. (chatgpt generated paragraph based on auto subtitle)

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Join two representatives from MontaVista Software, who are attending Embedded World 2023 in Nuremberg Germany. They introduce themselves, and explain that they are showcasing their latest MontaVista carrier-grade Red Express Linux 4.0. This commercial open-source distribution is based on the 5.10 kernel and the Octo 410 Baseline, and has the latest compilers. They also discuss their support for the Arm System ready and EU Cybersecurity Act, and how their CTX product can help customers meet requirements. They explain that their long-term support and Linux expertise are key considerations for customers, and that they can maintain one branch for up to 15 years. The video also briefly touches on NFE (Network Function Virtualization) and IoT, and discusses how MontaVista is still being run on millions of devices. Finally, they mention that security is a key theme at Embedded World 2023, and that they presented a talk on security. The representatives also reveal that while MontaVista is an American company, they have offices globally, including in Finland and Sweden. (chatgpt generated paragraph based on auto subtitle)

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ASRock introduces the company as a world leader in computer hardware, specializing in motherboards and mini PCs. They discuss their various form factors, including ATX, mini ITX, and 3.5-inch form factors, which are compact in size. The company follows Intel’s generations to make their motherboards, and they ship their products all over the world. The representative then shows off their latest product, the Assistant Demo, which features PCIe Gen 5 and has applications in automation and factories. They also showcase their smaller, entry-level products, which are Ubuntu certified and compatible with Linux, Windows, and more. Finally, they discuss their mini PCs, which come in both fanless and fan designs and are compatible with x86 and AMD solutions, but do not work with ARM chips. (chatgpt generated paragraph based on auto subtitle)

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Foundries.io discusses the growth of Linux and security in the industrial robotics automation and infrastructure space, as well as the demand for MCU customers moving to an MPU space, where they require a heavier operating system like Linux. Foundry delivers the easy solution for Yocto, easy solution for security, which allows OEMs to productize their devices 6-9 months quicker with much more security. Foundries enable the cycle to be shortened by using the same code base from day one. They are probably the only platform that goes from bootloader through to Docker container and OTA, allowing OEMs to be very flexible with the SOC to be very flexible with their cloud. Foundries is SOC-independent, but they add all the latest security from all the latest offenders. This is almost unique in the industry and potentially IoT devices will be updated forever. In the video, they have demos at the booth to illustrate what they have shown at Embedded World 2023 in Nuremberg Germany

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Shreyas Derashri, Vice President of Compute at Imagination, talks about the company’s compute products, which include their RISC-V CPUs, AI technology, and GPU compute products with associated software. The company has their own neural network accelerators and supports AI technology through GPUs. The video showcases the company’s first RISC-V CPU product running on an FPGA, which is an embedded CPU for real-time applications that can also be used for networking type of use cases and insecure Enclave implementation in a larger SOC. Imagination is also showcasing various partner demos with their GPUs, including an automotive partner demo with Teletubbies and one with telechips, showcasing a full large cockpit display. Imagination is partnering with other RISC-V companies with their GPU, including a Star 5 board and an Alibaba ST head RISC-V CPU with Imagination GPU. Imagination is the only GPU provider for Star 5, which they claim is the GPU of choice for the RISC-V architecture. The video also highlights Imagination’s experience in making Android products and how their GPUs are CPU-agnostic. Imagination is currently developing products that are not yet on the market, but their single board computer is available for developers to play with. The RISC-V architecture is disrupting the status quo, and Imagination is seeing more interest in RISC-V designs. The video discusses how easy it is to port over applications to this platform compared to previous platforms since Imagination GPUs for graphics use cases support APIs like OpenGL and OpenGLES. (chatgpt generated paragraph based on auto subtitle)

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Collabora showcases a MediaTek-based Chromebook at Embedded World 2023 in Nuremberg Germany that their team has contributed to. They have done a lot of work to bring upstream Linux support for various IP blocks found in ARM. They have also worked on the codec hardware and upstreamed other bits of hardware to the Linux kernel. They have collaborated with Google on having these devices in the kernel CI project, which is a project for continuous integration on the Linux kernel itself. This work is useful for people who want to run Linux on these devices. They shows a demo of their lab and how they have continuous integration across all the boards. They use LAVA (Linaro Automated Validation Architecture) to host their lab and can put both devices there to be part of both kernel CIA and Mesa CI. They show a machine learning demo that runs on a complete open-source deck OS, focusing on video compression for web video conferencing. They use an open-source graphics driver, and the demo reduces bandwidth up to 10 times compared to H264. This demo is more of a prototype than a full-featured product, but it could be integrated into existing video conferencing software like Zoom or Microsoft Teams. (chatgpt generated paragraph based on auto subtitle)

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Nordic Semiconductor shows their newest Wi-Fi companion chipset, the nRF7002, which has been out for a couple of months. Nordic specializes in low-power wireless devices and with the Wi-Fi 6 capabilities, the nRF7002 is their lowest power Wi-Fi solution ever. The nRF7002 does not have its own controller and is mostly used next to their multi-protocol socs to add Wi-Fi capabilities to existing products. The video demonstrates the power-saving feature of Target Wake Time, which allows negotiation of a wake-up schedule with the access point, resulting in a lower power consumption of 80 microamps compared to the normal power-saving mode, which averages around 32 milliamps. Nordic’s nRF7002 is potentially the lowest power Wi-Fi solution ever and is of great interest to the embedded world. The video also showcases the nRF7002 in a fan-style module with integrated Wi-Fi, zigbee, thread, and NFC capabilities. (chatgpt generated paragraph based on auto subtitle)

The nRF7002 is a companion IC, providing seamless Wi-Fi connectivity and Wi-Fi-based locationing (SSID sniffing of local Wi-Fi hubs). It is designed to be used alongside Nordic’s existing nRF52® and nRF53® Series Bluetooth Systems-on-Chip (SoCs), and nRF91® Series cellular IoT Systems-in-Package (SiPs). The nRF7002 can also be used in conjunction with non-Nordic host devices.

The nRF7002 is the first device in our portfolio of unique Wi-Fi products that will combine seamlessly with Nordic’s existing ultra-low power technologies. Nordic brings their decades of ultra-low-power wireless IoT and silicon design expertise to Wi-Fi. With Wi-Fi 6 we bring added benefits to IoT applications including further efficiency gains that support long-life, battery-powered Wi-Fi operation.

With Wi-Fi 6 we will support all wireless protocols used in Matter, Bluetooth LE for commissioning, Thread for low power mesh, and Wi-Fi for high-throughput. Matter is a protocol championed by Apple, Amazon, Google, Nordic Semiconductor, Samsung, and hundreds of other companies in consumer IoT.

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Eric from ProvenRun introduces his company’s services in the IoT market, which are focused on helping customers secure their devices. ProvenRun helps customers identify their security risks, implement the right security architecture, and succeed in their cybersecurity certification process. ProvenRun’s flagship product, ProvenCore, is a secure microkernel that has been certified at the highest security possible level (Common Criteria EAL7) and is the first of its kind for Cortex-A and RISC-V 64-bit processors. ProvenRun also provides highly secure products for smaller devices based on MCUs, such as a secure hypervisor. Eric discusses the challenges of developing such a secure operating system and the formal methods used to prove the mathematical correctness of the kernel and its cybersecurity functionality. The company has a long experience in this field, with the CEO and founder Dominique Bolignano having invented the concept of the Trustee Execution Environment over 20 years ago. Eric also highlights some of ProvenRun’s partnerships, including with ST Microelectronics, and the real-life products they have developed using ProvenCore for security. The video also discusses the open-source solutions available for secure execution environments. (chatgpt generated description based on auto subtitle)

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Martin King, founder of Seven Star Lake and the Seven Star Lakes company, talks about their products, which focus on rocket mission computers, military application and autonomous vehicles. The products are designed to be high-performance and heavy-duty, and are good for military vehicles, autonomous driving and other heavy-duty vehicles. The products are also based on the combustion core, so there are no moving parts inside the system, and they can withstand shock and high evaporation. They are certified for thermal shock vibration and EMC. Seven Star Lakes use the Intel Tiger Lake and Nvidia Coradro processors for their GPU CPU servers. They are providing these servers to leading autonomous vehicle companies, including Google, GM, and Volvo. They are also partnered with Ampere to launch AI computers for the railway, autonomous driving, and military vehicles. These products are already in mass production.
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Murata introduced its latest engineering innovations and connectivity modules, exploring new opportunities in wireless communication, at Embedded World 2023, Nuremberg. Featuring the company’s proprietary expertise, the new LBES5PL2EL module is highly optimized to meet the exacting demands of next generation IoT hardware – where having Matter connectivity is set to become an increasingly important expectation. This module is based on a highly-integrated IW612 single-chip 2.4/5GHz solution from NXP, which covers a broad array of different wireless protocols. Through this, 1×1 dual-band Wi-FiTM (IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax), Bluetooth® 5.3 and IEEE 802.15.4 are all incorporated into the Murata tri-radio module.

The inclusion of LE Audio functionality is another important plus point, especially in relation to voice-controlled products. This latest generation of Bluetooth technology delivers heightened performance, while drawing less power, and is predicted to replace many of the current BR/EDR Bluetooth-based audio connections in the near future. Also being made available is the LBEE5PL2DL module. This is based on the NXP IW611 device and features both Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.3 support.

Among the intended applications for these newly announced modules will be home automation equipment, digital assistants, smart domestic appliances, lighting gateways, climate control systems and EV charging points. FCC/IC and TELEC certification plus conductive tests for CE are all available, thereby helping customers using these modules to accelerate their time to market and keep product development costs down. The Murata LBES5PL2EL and LBEE5PL2DL wireless combo modules are each supplied in compact surface-mount packages, with dimensions of just 8.8mm x 7.7mm x 1.3mm.

“There are still only a few Matter-compliant solutions on the market, yet the potential for it to deliver convenience and comfort to the places in which we live is huge,” states Akira Sasaki, Director of the Communication Module Division at Murata. “Thanks to the introduction of the LBES5PL2EL, we are now able to provide full support for Matter, including Thread, alongside Wi-Fi 6. This will be a real value to engineers developing hardware for home/building automation, as well as for numerous other purposes.”

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Demetris Anastassiou, Head of Product Growth at https://iridalabs.com/ talks at Embedded World 2023 in Nuremberg Germany, Irida Labs is introducing PerCV.ai (called Perceive AI), a software and services platform that empowers the development of scalable vision solutions. Using USPTO-patented Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence cores running at the edge, PerCV.ai brings together all the necessary building blocks, from vision system design, edge hardware & vision sensor management, ready-to-use or custom AI models, to project orchestration, deployment tools, AI analytics and 3rd party integrations.

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Altia, a leading provider of user interface design and development software, is proud to announce its participation in Embedded World Expo 2023 Visitors to the Altia booth have the opportunity to see live demos of Altia graphical user interfaces (GUIs) at work with a variety of embedded ecosystem partners—including Android, Green Hills Software, Imagination Technologies, Infineon, NXP, Qualcomm, Renesas, STMicroelectronics and Texas Instruments. All are invited to visit and speak with Altia experts about how the company’s solutions can help them create visually stunning and highly functional user interfaces for their embedded systems. Around the show, Altia GUIs will be demonstrated by partners as well.

“We are excited to be a part of Embedded World Expo 2023 and to showcase our industry-leading software to the global embedded systems community,” said Jason Williamson, Altia Vice President of Marketing. “With Altia, our customers create intuitive user interfaces that set their products apart in a competitive market. Furthermore, they have the flexibility to scale their Altia GUIs from low- to high-power hardware and even switch to less expensive or more readily available hardware mid-production.”

At the expo, the Altia team will be demonstrating Altia CloudWare™, the newest product in Altia’s GUI development software lineup. This cloud-based Hardware-as-a-Service (HaaS) solution, is available to companies developing embedded graphical user interfaces for production devices. CloudWare™ allows GUI developers to remotely access and pair Altia’s software with popular embedded hardware to create a test drive experience for their GUI from anywhere in the world.

Visitors to the Embedded World 2023 parallel conferences are invited to learn more about Altia CloudWare in presentations by Jeff Stewart, Altia Director of Global Sales Engineering, at Electronic Displays 2023 Conference on Wednesday, March 15 at 2:20 PM and Thursday, March 16 at Embedded World 2023 Conference at 5:00 PM.

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Embedded Wizard 12 is shown to experience great features for powerful and even more creative HMIs, the latest developments in embedded GUI software, the newest and most powerful platforms, as well as the portfolio and professional support of our GUI Services team and much more.

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Imec shows their latest in ASIC, Chip, wafer, Mask, VCA, 3nm, Reticle

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Renesas Electronics Corporation presents the first live demonstrations of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) implementations on an MCU based on the Arm Cortex-M85 processor. The demos show the performance uplift in AI/ML applications made possible by the new Cortex-M85 core and Arm’s Helium technology.

This year, Renesas is extending its leadership by showcasing the features of the new processor in demanding AI use cases. The first demonstration showcases a people detection application developed in collaboration with Plumerai, a leader in Vision AI, that identifies and tracks persons in the camera frame in varying lighting and environmental conditions. The compact and efficient TinyML models used in this application lead to low-cost and lower power AI solutions for a wide range of IoT implementations. The second demo showcases a motor control predictive maintenance use case with an AI-based unbalanced load detection application using Tensorflow Lite for Microcontrollers with CMSIS-NN.

Delivering over 6 CoreMark/MHz, Cortex-M85 enables demanding IoT use cases that require the highest compute performance and DSP or ML capability, realized on a single, simple-to-program Cortex-M processor. The Arm Cortex-M85 processor features Helium technology, Arm’s M-Profile Vector Extension, available as part of the Armv8.1M architecture. It delivers a significant performance uplift for machine learning (ML) and digital signal processing (DSP) applications, accelerating compute-intensive applications such as endpoint AI. Both demos will showcase the performance uplift made possible by the application of this technology in AI use cases. Cortex-M hallmarks such as deterministic operation, short interrupt response time, and state-of-the-art low-power support are uncompromised on Cortex-M85.

“We’re proud to again lead the industry in implementing the powerful new Arm Cortex-M85 processor with Helium technology,” said Roger Wendelken, Senior Vice President in Renesas’ IoT and Infrastructure Business Unit. “By showcasing the performance of AI on the new processor, we are highlighting technical advantages of the new platform and at the same time demonstrating Renesas’ strengths in providing solutions for emerging applications with our innovative ecosystem partners.”

“We’re excited to take part in this ground-breaking demonstration,” said Roeland Nusselder, CEO of Plumerai. “Arm’s Helium technology supported on the new RA MCUs with the Cortex-M85 core significantly accelerates the Plumerai inference engine. This performance uplift will enable our customers to use larger and more accurate versions of Plumerai’s People Detection AI, add additional product features, and extend battery life. Our customers have an insatiable appetite for adding new and more accurate AI features that run on a microcontroller. Together with Renesas, we are the first to fulfill this demand.”

Renesas will implement the new Arm processor within its RA (Renesas Advanced) Family of MCUs. Renesas has quickly become a leader in the Arm MCU market, offering a feature rich family of over 250 different MCUs. Renesas has developed a robust ecosystem of partners providing customers with comprehensive solutions for IoT, AI/ML, industrial automation, medical, building automation, home appliance and multiple other applications.

The new Cortex-M85 core supports Arm TrustZone® technology for protection of secure assets. Combined with TrustZone, Renesas’ integrated cryptographic engine, immutable storage, key management, and tamper protection against DPA/SPA side-channel attacks will provide a comprehensive and fully integrated secure element functionality. The Armv8-M architecture also brings Pointer Authentication/Branch Target Identification (PAC/BTI) security extension, a new architectural feature that provides enhanced mitigation from software attack threats and helps achieve PSA Certified Level 2 certification.

The new RA MCUs based on the Cortex-M85 core will be supported by Renesas’ Flexible Software Package (FSP). The FSP enables faster application development by providing all the infrastructure software needed, including multiple RTOS, BSP, peripheral drivers, middleware, connectivity, networking, and security stacks as well as reference software to build complex AI, motor control and graphics solutions. It allows customers to integrate their own legacy code and choice of RTOS with FSP, thus providing full flexibility in application development. Using the FSP will ease migration of existing designs to the new RA devices.

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