STMicroelectronics STM32N6 High Performance Microcontrollers

STMicroelectronics STM32N6 High-Performance Microcontrollers are powered by the Arm^® Cortex^®-M55, running at 800MHz. These MCUs introduce Arm Helium™ vector processing for DSP capabilities and feature the ST Neural-ART accelerator™, an in-house NPU designed for power-efficient edge AI applications, with a 1GHz clock speed and up to 600 GOPS. STMicroelectronics STM32N6 MCUs support real-time neural network inference for computer vision and audio tasks. A MIPI CSI2 interface and image signal processing ensure broad camera compatibility, while an H.264 encoder, JPEG codec, and NeoChrom™ Accelerator for graphics enable deployment in feature-rich products.

Features

Performance
- Helium - M-Profile Vector Extension (MVE) brings in up to roughly 150 instructions and is aimed at rapidly executing advanced DSP and machine-learning code
- ST Neural-ART Accelerator is optimized for intensive AI algorithms, clocked at 1GHz, and provides 600 GOPS at an average of 3TOPS with energy efficiency
Memory
- Flash-less configuration 4.2MB contiguous embedded RAM
- Fast serial I/F for external memories provides a low pin count, cost-effective way to access external RAM or Flash through 8- or 16-bit interfaces
- Flexible Memory Controller (PSRAM, SDRAM, NOR, NAND)
Extended multimedia capabilities
- Chrom-ART™ Accelerator 2D graphics acceleration
- Chrom-GRC™ Graphic Resource Cutter for non-square displays
- NeoChrom Accelerator 2.5D acceleration for advanced drawing, perspective correction, and texture mappings
- H.264 Encoder 720p/1080p at 30fps
- JPEG hardware accelerator compression and decompression, high-quality motion JPEG video playback
- Dedicated Image Signal Processor (ISP) dimensioned for a 5MP camera at 30fps generates three different outputs from the same input, multiple camera interfaces, MIPI CSI-2, two lanes interface, 16-bit parallel interface, STM32-ISP-IQTune to manage ISP tuning

Security
- Target SESIP level 3 and PSA level 3 certifications
- TrustZone^®
- Side-channel-resistant AES / PKA and Fast AES / SHA
- RIF tenant-aware firewalling
Enables edge AI use cases on MCUs
- Run complex NN model with better accuracy
- Enables real-time processing
- Process higher resolution images/higher sampling frequency
- Run different NN models in parallel
Enhanced UX/HMI
- Rich and responsive graphics
- Enable various interaction possibilities
Advanced video and multimedia applications
- Video streaming over USB/Ethernet/Wi-Fi/BLUETOOTH^®
- Video recording
Seamlessly integrated in the STM32 ecosystem
- Supported by edge AI tools, resources, and case studies available
- Supported by TouchGFX
Highly secured and compliant with the security regulation standards