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Ember’s upcoming next-generation ZigBee semiconductors will use the 32-bit ARM Cortex-M3 processor for applications like smart energy, home area networks, home health care, and security systems. According to Ember, the Cortex-M3 brings together multiple technologies to reduce memory and processor size while delivering industry-leading performance and power efficiency. Also, Ember says the processor will significantly enhance performance, sophistication, and security while enabling the company to provide powerful and power-efficient systems-on-a-chip (SoCs) to the ZigBee industry.

Furthermore, the Cortex-M3 delivers outstanding computational performance and exceptional system response to interrupts while meeting low-cost requirements through a small core footprint, reduced pin count, low power consumption, and industry-leading code density, enabling the use of smaller memories, Ember says. The Ember ZigBee systems include tightly integrated chips, mesh networking software supporting the ZigBee PRO feature set and development and debugging tools that enable OEMs to quickly bring ZigBee products to market, according to the company.