Faster Intelligent IoT Device Design and Deployment
Arm Corstone-315 includes software and an example subsystem integrating the Arm Cortex-M85 CPU, Arm DMA-350, Arm Mali-C55 ISP, and the second-generation NPU, Arm Ethos-U65. The subsystem includes built-in Armv8-M TrustZone technology for faster, secure SoC development. Corstone reduces complexity for the ASIC designer and the software developer to enable faster design and deployment of secure, AI-capable devices. Cortex-M85 is Arm’s highest performance Cortex-M processor, making Corstone-315 the perfect starting points for high-performance SoCs targeting a range of IoT applications.
Features and Benefits
Corstone-315 is built on the Cortex-M85 processor, which offers microcontroller (MCU) performance for scalar, DSP, and ML workloads.
The Ethos-U65 is a second-generation NPU in the Ethos-U product line, with support for traditional CNNs.
Corstone-315 is available as an Arm IoT Reference Design Platform configuration, providing a unique approach to IoT software design.
Arm IoT Reference Design Platform
IoT Reference Design Platform reduces design complexity and speed time-to-market. With pre-integrated, pre-verified IP, supporting ecosystem software and tools and Arm prototyping platforms.
Components of Corstone-315
Corstone-315 includes firmware, drivers, middleware, example applications, cloud integrations, ML models, and the example heterogenous compute Arm SSE-315 subsystem based on Cortex-M85. It also provides a range of complementary system IP, technical documentation, scripts, and analysis reports to accelerate the design and deployment of high performance, secure IoT devices. Explore the components of Corstone-315 below.
Arm SSE-315
SSE-315 is a configurable heterogenous compute subsystem based on the Cortex-M85 CPU, for applications based on Cortex-M that require significantly higher ML performance and increased security. SSE-315 integrates an optional Ethos-U65 NPU for additional ML performance.
Arm System IP
In addition to the system IP included in Corstone-315, Arm has a range of system IP blocks available for SoC design. Visit our developer website at the bottom of this page to learn more.
Documentation
Arm provides a wide range of resources, support, and technical documentation with Corstone-315. Visit our developer website at the bottom of this page for more information.
Scripts and Out-of-the-box Testbenches
Corstone-315 comes with analysis reports, various scripts, and IP descriptions, including an out-of-box execution testbench, verification components, IP-XACT descriptions, and configuration and implementation scripts.
Software and Tools
Arm and partners offer software and tools that run on Corstone designs to help simplify and accelerate SoC development.
To find out more about the software components and development tools in Corstone-315, download the comparison table.
Related Products
Cortex-M85
Cortex-M85 provides increased security and high performance on a single Cortex-M without the need to migrate to multicore or heterogeneous platforms.
Ethos-U65
Ethos-U65 is designed to accelerate ML inference in area-constrained embedded and IoT devices, and is available as an option with the Corstone-315 reference package.
Mali-C55
Configurable, energy-efficient, high-performance image signal processor to enable outstanding image quality in a very small silicon area.
A Foundation of Silicon Success
Armv8.1-M Architecture
Implements the simplified programmer’s model of Cortex-M processors for new performance levels without compromising the ease of software development and richness of the Arm partner ecosystem.
TrustZone for Cortex-M
System-wide hardware isolation for trusted software. TrustZone creates an isolated secure world to provide confidentiality and integrity to the system, protecting your chip from software attacks.
Arm Helium Technology
Arm Helium technology is the M-Profile Vector Extension (MVE) for the Arm Cortex-M series. Helium is an extension of the Armv8.1-M architecture and delivers a significant performance uplift for ML and DSP applications.
Talk with an Expert
Find out how Arm Corstone-315 enables faster time-to-market for your secure, AI-capable, high-performance IoT systems.
Getting Started
Explore resources and documentation to help start developing with Corstone-315.