Renesas’ New Ultra-high Performance Mcus Are Industry’s First Based On Arm Cortex-m85 Processor

Renesas Electronics Corporation has introduced the world’s most powerful microcontrollers, the RA8 Series MCUs, which are the industry’s first to implement the Arm Cortex-M85 processor. This level of performance allows system designers to use the RA MCUs in applications that previously required microprocessors. The new series deploys Arm Helium technology, providing up to a 4X performance boost for digital signal processor (DSP) and machine learning (ML) implementations. This performance uplift can enable customers to eliminate an additional DSP in their systems for certain applications.