9.6 mm2: The world’s smallest IoT processor comes out.
QorIQ LS1012A chip has a 64-bit ARMv8 processor, a network packet accelerator and a built-in security system. The chip has a size of 9.6 square millimeters, and its potential applications include: next-generation Internet of Things devices, portable entertainment platforms, portable storage applications, mobile hard drives, and mobile storage for cameras, tablets and other rechargeable devices.
In addition, LS1012A is also a * processor for a new storage solution ("objectified storage"). "Object-oriented storage" depends on intelligent hard disk drive and can be directly connected to Ethernet in data center. Because of this, it also has very strict requirements on the size of the processor: it must be small enough to be directly integrated into the hard disk drive circuit board.
Tareq Bustami, vice president of NXP Semiconductors, said: "The technological breakthrough of LS1012 processor in terms of energy consumption, size and performance is very suitable for application in consumer electronics, network equipment and Internet of Things. It helps system designers and create more innovative end products. "
NXP Semiconductors said that LS1012 is a 64-bit processor with 1 watt energy consumption on the market at present, and this processor will also reduce the cost of the whole system level. Thanks to the innovative chip assembly technology, this processor can be implanted on low-cost circuit boards.
The LS1012A processor will go on sale in April 2016, and the reservation has already started.