Mouser Delivers New Alif Semiconductor Ensemble Microcontrollers and Fusion Processors for IoT, ML and AI Applications
January 28, 2025—Mouser Electronics, Inc., the authorized global distributor with the newest electronic components and industrial automation products, is now shipping the Ensemble microcontroller and processor family from Alif Semiconductor. The Ensemble series creates a scalable and compatible continuum of integrated embedded processors for low-end to high-end intelligent IoT end-point devices in automotive, smart home, healthcare, robotics, and industrial control applications.
The Alif Semiconductor Ensemble series, available from Mouser, scales from single Arm® Cortex®-M55 microcontrollers (MCU) to multi-core fusion processors. The multi-core devices combine two Cortex-M55 MCU cores, up to two Cortex-A32 Microprocessors (MPU), and up to two Arm Ethos™-U55s. The Ensemble family uses autonomous intelligent power management (aiPM™) technology to extend battery life and integrates full secure element functionality, such as root-of-trust, dedicated protected memory, and a dedicated security processor.
The E1 series MCUs feature an Arm Cortex-M55 160MHz core and can operate with a real-time operating system (RTOS) utilizing only the on-chip memory resources. The E1 devices support wired interfaces, including USB, SDIO, CANFD, I3C, and I2C for lighting control, smart homes, and industrial sense/control applications.
The E3 series MCUs combine both a 400MHz Arm Cortex-M55 and a 160MHz Arm Cortex-M55 real-time cores. Machine learning and AI tasks are accelerated by dual Arm Ethos-U55 neural processing units generating 250 GigaOPS supporting wired interfaces, including Ethernet, USB, SDIO, CANFD, I3C, and I2C. These devices are ideal for barcode scanners, failure prediction, and portable healthcare applications.
The E5 MCUs are embedded tri-core fusion processors with one Arm Cortex-A32 800MHz application core, one 400MHz Arm Cortex-M55 real-time core, and a 160MHz Arm Cortex-M55 real-time core. These devices can operate with an RTOS, LinuxOS, or both while using only the on-chip memory resources and support multiple interfaces, including Ethernet, USB, SDIO, CANFD, I3C, and I2C for appliances, robotics, and graphical control panels.
The E7 series MCUs are embedded quad-core fusion processors with two Arm Cortex-A32 application cores, one 400MHz Arm Cortex-M55 real-time core and one 160MHz real-time core. ML and AI tasks are accelerated by dual Arm Ethos-U55 neural processing units generating 250 GigaOPS and support Ethernet, USB, SDIO, CANFD, I3C, and I2C interfaces for building automation, EV recharging stations, and point-of-sale systems.
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2026 - Alif Semiconductor was founded to address the rapidly growing market need for scalable and secure AI-enabled 32-bit, genuinely power-efficient microcontrollers. This market need led to Alif Semiconductor’s creation of a new class of embedded microcontrollers, or fusion processors. These processors enable seamless integration of technology for everyday life by unlocking innovative low-power techniques, unparalleled functional integration, accelerated artificial intelligence and machine learning edge processing, high security, and operating system diversity.
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