Synaptics Expands Astra™ AI-Native Platform with SR-Series MCUs
Synaptics® Incorporated has expanded its award-winning Astra™ AI-Native platform with the SR-Series high-performance adaptive microcontroller units (MCUs). Designed for scalable context-aware Edge AI, these MCUs optimize performance, efficiency, and ultra-low-power (ULP) always-on (AON) processing. Built on an Arm® Cortex®-M55 core with Arm Ethos™-U55 neural processing unit (NPU), the SR-Series supports multimodal workloads across consumer, enterprise, and industrial IoT applications. With the Astra™ Machina Micro development kit and an open-source SDK, developers gain seamless access to AI-driven vision, audio, and voice algorithms.
