AI & Machine Learning
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Cortex-A320 CPU and Ethos-U85 NPU Set New Industry Standards

Chad Cox

March 11, 2025

Recently Arm introduced its Armv9 edge AI platform featuring the new Arm Cortex-A320 CPU and the Arm Ethos-U85 NPU, a leading AI accelerator delivering efficient and secured intelligence at the edge. The solution provides an 8x improvement in machine learning (ML) performance compared to the Cortex-M85-based platform launched last year.

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Embedded Executive: Hacks Are Still Happening | Digi

March 12, 2025

Don’t stop me if you’ve heard this before, because it needs to be repeated, again, and again. The embedded industry needs to take security more seriously. Hacks are continuing to occur and will continue until there is a “security by design” mentality in place in our space. It’s hard to believe we are still having this discussion, but we are. 

I also expressed my frustration on this week’s Embedded Executives podcast with Josh Heller, the Manager of Product Security at Digi International. Josh confirmed my fears, but had some great suggestions to help solve the problem.