Product category: Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: Atmel Corporation | Subject: AVR32
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 14 February 2006
Novel 32bit core claims benchmark
supremacy
A new 32bit embedded CPU architecture features an integrated DSP and SIMD instruction set for computationally intensive power-constrained embedded systems.
Atmel has announced a new 32bit embedded CPU architecture, with an integrated DSP and SIMD instruction set for computationally intensive, power-constrained embedded systems The company plans to use the core in new families of 32bit standard product AVR controllers targeted at wireless, battery-powered applications that include consumer infotainment, point of sales terminals, biometric scanners, voice recognition and motion detection
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 22 May 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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