AMBIQ’S NEW ULTRA-LOW POWER PROCESSORS DRIVE REMOTE HEALTHCARE MONITORING SECTOR GROWTH

KUALA LUMPUR, July 11 (Bernama) -- Ambiq, a technology leader in ultra-low power semiconductor products and solutions, has introduced the Apollo4 Lite and Apollo4 Blue Lite System-on-Chip (SoC) to its expanding portfolio of SoCs for Internet of Things (IoT) endpoint devices, especially the remote monitoring products of the healthcare sector.

This announcement follows Ambiq’s release of its Heart Kit, an optimised open-source artificial intelligence (AI) model utilising multi-head neural networks (MH-NNs) to enable a variety of real-time heart-monitoring applications.

Ambiq Vice President of Technical Solutions, David Priscak said today’s patients are more empowered to monitor and advocate for their own health, and healthcare providers require more data analytics to prescribe holistic treatment.

“With bold graphics and long battery life, state-of-the-art health tracking is now more affordable and accessible thanks to these new additions to our Apollo4 SoC family,” he said in a statement.

The Apollo4 Lite and Blue Lite product line is the latest generation system processor solutions built upon Ambiq’s proprietary Subthreshold Power-Optimized Technology (SPOT) platform, enabling new features while reducing devices’ overall system power consumption to extend their battery life.

Both SoCs are embedded with an ultra-low power Cortex-M4 core that can operate at up to 192 megahertz (MHz) with turboSPOT, an audio subsystem, graphics processing unit (GPU), and ample MRAM and SRAM.

They are also conveniently pin-compatible with Ambiq’s Apollo4 Plus and Blue Plus, providing developers with optimum flexibility for innovation.

The new products are designed for extended battery life, advanced security, and powerful graphics in small form factors, which are critical for the continued adoption of these devices.

Both products are now in mass production, targeting digital health products, smartwatches, fitness bands, animal trackers, voice-activated remotes, industrial maintenance and smart home IoT devices.

-- BERNAMA