Faraday Technology Corporation, a leading ASIC design service and IP provider, today launched its next generation IoT SoC development platform, called Ariel, which is built on UMC’s 40uLP logic process combined with Infineon’s SONOS eFlash technology.
It said in a press release that compared with its predecessor, the 55nm Uranus+ platform, the Ariel platform demonstrates a 35 percent reduction in operating power, driving ever-lower power consumption levels in SoC designs for use in AIoT, IIoT, smart grid, wearable, and portable devices.
Faraday’s Ariel platform features Cortex-M4 core, 1MB embedded flash, USB OTG, 12-bit ADC, 10-bit DAC, built-in security, and comprehensive SDK support. In addition, DVFS management is implemented for the tradeoff between low power and high performance; low-power IP solutions are also adopted to achieve the ultra-low-power requirements of embedded system applications. By leveraging the advantages of Infineon’s SONOS eFlash, wafer cost and manufacturing cycle time can benefit from far fewer additional mask layers when compared to other eFlash solutions.
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