ARM is launching its latest version of its premium microcontroller development kit (MDK), which adds support for the latest Cortex-M55 and M85 high performance microcontroller cores and Ethos-U microNPU machine learning cores as well as virtual hardware. This focus on supporting embedded AI aims to counteract the success of the competing RISC-V core in this area, and the development tools are a key factor for this. The new development flows create optimized ML models combined with efficient device drivers, making it easier for developers to create smarter IoT devices.
