Monday, ARM Holdings Plc (ARMH, ARM.L) launched an innovative Cortex-M4 processor to provide a highly efficient solution for digital signal control or DSC applications, while maintaining the industry leading capabilities of the ARM Cortex-M family of processors for advanced microcontroller or MCU applications.
The outstanding combination of high-efficiency signal processing functionality with the unmatched low-power, low cost and ease-of-use benefits of the Cortex-M family processors is designed to satisfy the emerging category of flexible solutions specifically targeting the motor control, automotive, power management, embedded audio, and industrial automation markets.
The Cortex-M4 processor features a single-cycle multiply-accumulate or MAC unit, optimized single instruction multiple data or SIMD instructions, saturating arithmetic instructions and an optional single precision Floating-Point Unit or FPU. These digital signal control features build upon the innovative technology that characterizes the ARM Cortex-M family of processors.
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