Date: 23/02/2010

NXP Semiconductor licenses ARM Cortex - M4 to enable its MCUs to handle multimedia

NXP Semiconductors has licensed the ARM Cortex-M4 processor for 32-bit Microcontroller (MCU) signal processing applications. They are also suitable for a wide range of applications which includes motor control, automotive, power management, embedded audio and industrial automation applications

The Cortex-M4 processor provides an high-performance digital signal processing features such as single-cycle MAC, single instruction multiple data (SIMD) techniques, saturating arithmetic, and a floating point unit, with essential microcontroller features such as integrated interrupt control, low power modes, low cost debug and ease of use.

"The addition of the ARM Cortex-M4 processor to our ARM Cortex portfolio complements our Cortex-M3 and Cortex-M0 processor-based devices and enables us to provide an end to end solution to the MCU community," said Geoff Lees, vice president and general manager, microcontroller product line, NXP Semiconductors. 'With NXP focusing on High Performance Mixed Signal technologies and building on our close cooperation with ARM, we look forward to bringing a Cortex-M4 based MCU to the market, very soon."

For more details visit www.nxp.com and www.arm.com