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NXP Debuts New MCX Portfolio of Microcontrollers for the Next Era of Advanced Industrial and IoT Edge Computing
The new MCX microcontroller (MCU) portfolio features four new series of devices, built on a common platform and supported by NXP’s widely adopted MCUXpresso
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[{"type":"text","content":"The new MCX microcontroller (MCU) portfolio features four new series of devices, built on a common platform and supported by NXP’s widely adopted MCUXpresso suite of development tools and software to simplify product development The Arm® Cortex®-M core-based MCX portfolio includes the high-performance MCX N series, cost-optimized and analog-focused MCX A series, low-power wireless connectivity MCX W series and ultra-low power MCX L series The new portfolio features the first instantiation of a specialized, NXP-designed machine learning accelerator to enable high performance inference at the edge EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands, June 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ: NXPI) today announced the new MCX portfolio of microcontrollers, designed to advance innovation in smart homes, smart factories, smart cities and across many emerging industrial and IoT edge applications. The portfolio includes four series of devices built on a common platform and is supported by the widely adopted MCUXpresso suite of development tools and software. This combined offering allows developers to maximize software reuse across the portfolio to speed development. The portfolio also features the first instantiation of NXP’s new, specialized neural processing unit (NPU) for accelerating inference at the edge, delivering up to 30x faster machine learning throughput compared to a CPU core alone. Driven by the proliferation of edge devices, the MCU has evolved dramatically over the last few decades. While they are at the heart of many of today’s edge applications, the next generation of intelligent applications will require a new class of MCUs that allow developers to navigate a complex landscape of power, performance and security requirements, as well as connectivity options, while balancing total system cost and energy efficiency. Built on a common foundation of core technologies and supported by a unified software suite for maximal software reuse, the MCX portfolio will enable the flexibility needed to address this challenge. The breadth of the MCX portfolio allows developers to select devices that best fit their application needs, freeing them to invest in differentiating aspects of their design. “As we approach the milestone of 75 billion connected devices, we are entering a new era of edge computing, requiring us to fundamentally rethin...