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SRW1500 Series AI MCUs with Integrated Wireless Connectivity

Overview

The SRW1500 Series is an advanced AI-native MCU platform purpose-built for intelligent IoT systems that demand real-time inference, low-latency responsiveness, and advanced wireless connectivity. At its core, the SRW1500 Series integrates a high-efficiency Arm® Cortex®-M52 processor with an Arm® Ethos™-U55 NPU, delivering optimized edge AI performance for always-on sensing, contextual awareness, and on-device decision-making. This tightly coupled MCU + AI architecture enables advanced workloads such as voice trigger detection, sound event classification, and AI-enhanced Wi-Fi® sensing for presence and motion detection. Designed for intelligent edge applications, the SRW1500 Series balances compute efficiency, low power consumption, and system cost optimization, while integrating multi-protocol wireless connectivity within a single device. The SRW1500 Series SDK supports FreeRTOS™ and Zephyr®, and provides a developer-friendly environment with pre-integrated firmware and middleware for AI-accelerated connectivity stacks.

Product Brief

Single-Chip AI MCU Platform for Connected IoT

Multi-Level AI-Native Compute

Secure Island With PSA Level 3

Multi-Protocol Wireless Connectivity

Features

Arm Cortex-M52 200 MHz with Arm Helium vector extensions, 1MB SRAM
Integrated Arm Ethos-U55 200 MHz, 50 GOPS NPU for efficient on-device AI inference
Embedded security architecture including Arm TrustZone®, AES, SAU, and MPU
Comprehensive peripherals: SDIO, SPI, UART, I²C, PDM, ADC, DAC, PWM, and USB
Tri-band 1x1 Wi-Fi 7 (2.4/5/6 GHz) operation
Integrated Bluetooth 6.0 (BLE) and IEEE 802.15.4 radio supporting Zigbee® or Thread® and full Matter® compliance
Synaptics Smart Co-Ex™ technology for optimized 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi and Bluetooth coexistence
Supports FreeRTOS and Zephyr operating system

Extend robust, reliable and flexible wireless connectivity into MCU class IoT devices
Deploy power-optimized IoT architectures with distributed, localized traffic management
Utilize tiered inferencing at the far edge of the IoT network for all-day AI experiences
Unified, open SDK delivers consistent developer experience across compute, and connected compute product implementations

Connected home appliances
Building automation
Multimodal AI home hubs
Charging infrastructure
Monitoring devices
Enterprise thin clients

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