Alif Semiconductor makes microcontrollers and fusion processors that pair Arm Cortex-M and Cortex-A cores with Ethos-U neural processing units. The Ensemble family targets smart home products, wearables, point-of-sale terminals and industrial sensors that need vision, voice and sensor inference on small batteries, while Balletto adds Bluetooth Low Energy and 802.15.4 radios. The chips include hardware security, and the company supplies development kits and model deployment tools.
Focus: ai microcontrollers, secure mcus, cellular socs.
Tags: microcontrollers · ethos-u · bluetooth le · wearables · tinyml · edge ai · mcu · ble