Macronix OctaFlash powers STM32N6 AI MCU
Summary
Macronix’s MX25UW1G45G and MX25UM51245G memories have been selected by ST for STM32N6 Discovery Kits and STM32N6 Nucleo evaluation boards, enabling the high-end designs to feature high-performance flash memory, enabling powerful artificial intelligence (AI) computer-vision applicability and a graphical user interface (GUI) experience that simulates 3D-like GUIs and animations for industrial, wearable, smart home, and medical applications. “Neural processing presents an exciting opportunity for the STM32N6 and future ST microcontrollers, which we expect to see deployed throughout the industrial and consumer markets,” said Daniel Colonna, Marketing Director of the General Purpose and Automotive Microcontrollers Division at ST. “To ensure designers have the optimal tools to create products using the STM32N6 and high-performance flash memory, we have selected Macronix’s OctaFlash MX25UW1G45G and MX25UM51245G for the STM32N6 Discovery Kits” and “Macronix is a proven global supplier of industry-leading flash memory and a longtime ST Authorised Partner, which made the selection straightforward for us.” “The STM32N6 represents an exciting new generation of high-performance microcontrollers for neural processing in artificial intelligence deployed on systems’ edges,” said F.L. It’s the first STM32 MCU to embed the Neural-ART accelerator, an ST-developed neural processing unit (NPU) engineered for power-efficient Edge AI applications. The MX25UM/UW OctaFlash empowers system architects to satisfy customers’ demands in high performance AI applications, such as computer vision and rich graphical user interfaces. The MX25UM/UW OctaBus memory family supports efficient Execution-In-Place (XIP), management of over-the-air (OTA) software updates and data logging – features that complement STM32 MCUs well.