The clash of the CoreMark Titans
19
Jul
2015
With ST and TI getting quiet this month, Reneasas is taking center stage with a new family of devices tackling heavy filtering applications. With 4.16 CoreMark/MHz the new RX231 is getting close to the 5 CoreMark/Mhz of the Cortex-M7 based STM32F756 and past the Microchip PIC32. Will Freescale and Atmel get into the clash of the titans?
This month, nothing fancy, we just have a new VFBGA package option for the SAMS70N19A.
After the nice findings (RCP package technology) of last month, we have 14 new parts split in 2 groups.
The MKV for Motor Control & Power Conversion, is getting new parts in the low end (Cortex-M0+ based). The initial part numbers were 16 and 32 kB of Flash, now we are seeing 12 additional parts with 64 and 128 kB.
Also, the MKM34 is getting more Flash going from 128 to 256 kB.
Nice price changes this month with MK22 hit by -5 to -30% decline. A few part numbers increased, MK24FN1M and MKM34.
NXP was very quiet this month on the product front following the acquisition of Freescale.
Pricewise, there was no significant change.
Renesas announced the new RX231 focused on power efficiency and filtering to serve the industrial sensor and healthcare markets. The 90 new devices (P/N R5F5231***) embed the latest RXv2 core capable of a whooping 4.16 CoreMark/MHz. The family reaches a low 0.8uA in standby mode with SRAM and register retention while it consumes 120uA/MHz with the CPU is active. The lineup ranges from 48 to 100 pins and 128 to 512 kB of Flash. Samples are available now. Pricing starts at $2.05/10ku for the R52315ADFL 128 kB Flash / 32 kB RAM, LQFP48.
The RL78 for its part has been cut by 319 parts, mostly the low end RL78: R5F100 (-88 parts to 241), R5F101 (-112 to 129), 102 (-13 to 26) and 103 (-13 to 13) and 104 (-93 to 248).
There was no price change.
Ah, no product change this month for Silicon Labs.
No price changes.
Light changes at ST this month with merely tape and reel and increased temp versions of existing products. C’est la vie.
ST price changes were focused on STM32F100C8T7 and STM32F407ZGT7 (+10%) while a handfull of STM32F4 part numbers went down -7 to -24%.
Very quiet at TI this month. Only 3 products removed: MSP430F413/5/7CY
No price changes this month for TI .
More M7 goodness and a surprise reconfigurable package
16
Jun
2015
More Cortex-M7 goodness this month with ST trying to catch up with Atmel on that matter. Close to 30 new devices with heavy artillery (4kB I and D caches, Ethernet, 2 USB). But Atmel is not to be impressed thank to its 50% higher frequency and a broader portfolio for now. Freescale is also pushing up the MHz with 180 and 2MB of Flash on lower end MK26 devices. Interestingly, we are seeing the first show of RCP for Freescale standard products (MK26FN2M0CAC18R). A game changer for peripheral and custom function integration?
This month, we have a new UFBGA package option for the SAMD20J14/5/6A and the D20J17A, a WLCSP for the D20G18A.
On the price front, no significant changes happened.
FSL upped the frequency of its MK family to 180Mhz to create the MK65 and MK66 families, in total 8 parts.
And it also upped the Flash to 2MB! The MK6 family offers Ethernet, 2 USB ports with an HS PHY as well as a touch interface all in a MAPBGA or WLCSP package. Same story for the MK26, a new member of the USB-only MK2 family: 180MHz and up to 2MB of Flash. All of the new parts are based on the Cortex-M4 with the single precision floating point unit.
We also spotted the first part using RCP, a technology that could prove disruptive for peripheral integration. It is unclear just yet whether this is a trial run with only one die or multiple ones for separate functions. Contact us on twitter if you have hints!
No Price changes.
NXP was very quiet this month on the product front following the acquisition of Freescale.
Pricewise, there was no change.
Renesas announced the new RL78/G1F focused on motor control and sensor applications. The 20 new devices (P/N R5F11B***) embed 8 bit A/D and D/A with a programmable gain amplifier, I2C and UART. The lineup ranges from 24 to 64 pins and 32 to 64 KB of Flash. Samples are available now. Pricing starts at $1.10/10ku for the R511BGCAFB MCU 32 kB Flash / 5.5 kB RAM, 4kB data flash, QFP48.
There was no price change.
Ah, we are back to desert land, no product change this month for Silicon Labs.
No price changes.
Nice load of new products this month at ST, in particular the F745/6 and F756 based on the high performance Cortex-M7 clocked at 216 MHz. This bring the M7 portfolio from just one to close to 30 devices. The devices all bear a 4k/4k D/I cache with 2 USB ports, Ethernet, Quad-SPI camera interface and external memory bus. The F46/56 have a TFT-LCD controller while the F756 has a crypto hardware accelerator. Flash sizes range from 512 to 1024 kB.
ST price changes were interesting at disty. A few products STM32F070RBT6, F107VC got hot (+30%), and others caught a cold (-25%): STM32F103VBH6, STM32F103ZGT6, 215/205VGT6, F405ZGT6/407IET6.
Haha, one more sample of the MSP432 appeared this month, the XMS432401RIPZR with twice as much memory (Flash and RAM) 256/64 compared to the P401M initial variant.
We also detected 10 new MSP430FG6 products, targeting USB, metering, portable equipment and test/Measurement markets. They feature a 25MHz core with USB, LCD controler and up to 512 kB Flash.
No price changes this month for TI Tiva, but MSP430 got some nice price increases, the MSP430F676 between 11 and 34%.
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