Microchip announced a new generation of development tools for edge embedded visual design

     Microchip Technology Inc announced the launch of a second development tool for intelligent embedded visual design for developers using PolarFire RISC-V System-on-chip (SoC) field programmable gate arrays (FPgas). As the lowest-power SoC FPGA of its kind in the industry, PolarFire is also the only mid-range device in its class to support both dual 4K video processing and quad-core RISC-V application-grade processors, as well as support for running rich operating systems such as Real-Time operating systems (RTOS) and Linux

     Microchip's Intelligent embedded vision development platform, coupled with the company's previously released VectorBlox software Development Kit (SDK) and IP, can be used to program trained neural networks using PolarFire devices without prior FPGA expertise. The latest offerings simplify the development of edge computing solutions in thermally challenging environments for Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and factory automation applications

     The new platform supports Microchip's Mi-V RISC-V ecosystem that includes development tools such as AdaCore, Green Hills Software, Mentor Graphics, and Wind River. Commercial RTOS solutions include VxWorks and Nucleus, as well as free solutions like Zephyr and FreeRTOS. Middleware solutions are available from DornerWorks, Hex Five, and Veridify Security.

     Microchip PolarFire SoC FPGas combine thermal efficiency and defense-level security to be used in smart connected systems with half the power consumption of comparable products. The PolarFire SoC and Intelligent Embedded vision platform provide developers with a choice of edge computing based on rich operating systems, hard real-time, 2 MB of large memory, and hybrid real-time + rich operating system support. Users learn a platform, can serve three applications.