The new STM32 F7 MCU series, part of the industry's most successful family of Cortex-M core-based microcontrollers, operates at frequencies up to 200 MHz and achieves up to 1000 CoreMark using a 6-stage superscalar pipeline and a Floating Point Unit (FPU). Structural innovations around the MCU have been implemented to enhance performance and ease of use. Specifically, two separate mechanisms have been applied to achieve zero-wait-state performance in internal and external memory. One of them is ST’s ART Accelerator™ (Adaptive Real-Time Accelerator™) for internal embedded flash, and the other is the L1 cache for execution and data access in internal and external memory.

Noel Hurley, General Manager of the CPU Group at ARM, said, “ARM and ST have maintained a long-standing business relationship across a wide range of fields. We are pleased to launch MCU products based on ARM’s latest Cortex-M7 process,” adding, “Through our partnership, we will provide the benefits of a broad ecosystem to new embedded applications requiring performance and security.”

"By working closely with ARM as a key partner, ST has solidified its position as a long-standing key supplier of Cortex-M MCUs and has been able to ensure our customers' rapid entry into market success," said Daniel Colonna, Senior Vice President of Microcontroller Marketing at ST. "Because we provide the strengths of our development ecosystem, a broad portfolio of MCUs, sensors, power products, and communications, and technical support, we were able to position the STM32 F7 at the very top of ST's industry-leading portfolio, offering a seamless and natural product extension in terms of accessibility."

"It provides a new level of internal/external memory performance, offering new possibilities for innovation. This is because there is no need to optimize code for performance and memory during development," he said.

The STM32 F7 series is manufactured using ST’s 90nm embedded non-volatile memory CMOS process technology, which has proven durability and production capabilities. This demonstrates ST’s commitment to accelerating innovation to enable rapid market entry for both the company and its customers. In addition, this advanced architecture, which possesses future competitiveness, suggests that there is significant potential for ST to deliver even better MCU performance as it advances to better processes. We are currently providing samples of the high-performance STM32F756NG MCU to key customers and plan to showcase it at the ST stand during ARM TechCon, held in Santa Clara from October 1-3, 2014.