NVM offers compatibility with MPU for high-speed processing of embedded AI imaging

Dialog Semiconductor has announced that its EcoXiP octal xSPI NVM is now optimised to be utilised with Renesas’ RZ/A2M Arm-based MPUs. Customers of the RZ/A2M, which is intended for high-speed processing of embedded AI imaging in service robots, smart appliances, and industrial machinery, are able to take advantage of the system-level benefits of the NVM.

For systems leveraging the MPU, the device facilitates ultra-fast boot for instant-on capability and real-time system responsiveness. It also provides efficient storing of AI weights for low-power AI inference. Also, the device allows MPUs such as the RZ/A2M to run in XiP mode for code execution right from external flash memory.

“With RZ/A2M MPUs featuring Renesas’ exclusive Dynamically Reconfigurable Processor (DRP) technology, we bring real-time, low-power image processing to IoT endpoints,” said Shigeki Kato, vice president of Enterprise Infrastructure Business Division at Renesas. “We are delighted to welcome Dialog’s EcoXiP device to the ever-growing ecosystem around our MPUs. We look forward to working with Dialog in order to show how our MPUs and EcoXiP can benefit a growing number of applications, accelerating intelligence at the IoT edge.”

“Together with Renesas’ RZ/A2M, we are able to demonstrate multiple facets of EcoXiP’s performance and power consumption benefits,” said Gideon Intrater, CTO, of the Industrial Business at Dialog. “With its RZ/A2M, Renesas is addressing the need for more powerful processing and real-time operation to enable embedded AI imaging in IoT endpoints. As an external companion flash memory, EcoXiP provides a balanced tradeoff of performance and power advantages for a broad range of emerging IoT applications that can benefit from AI imaging.”