Texas Instruments has revealed plans to add 16 new wireless MCUs, to be released throughout 2021. With the Simplelink product family expansion, embedded system developers can go from a Sub-1GHz or 2.4GHz product with 352KB of flash up to 704KB of flash while maintaining the same package footprint and application programming interfaces

STMicroelectronics has announced the completion, validation and availability of a new version of the X-CUBE-IOTA1 expansion software package, including integrated IOTA C library, for the STM32Cube MCU software development ecosystem. The update is In line with the transformative Chrysalis upgrades to the IOTA Foundation’s Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) and infrastructure.

Renesas Electronics has announced the expansion of its RZ/V Series of microprocessors (MPUs) with the new RZ/V2L MPUs designed for entry-level AI-enabled applications. As part of the RZ/V Series, the new MPUs incorporate Renesas’ exclusive AI accelerator—the DRP-AI (Dynamically Reconfigurable Processor)— to make embedded AI easier and more power efficient.