GigaDevice Launches the GD32H7 Arm Cortex-M7 MCU Product Family, Delivering Exceptional Performance for Embedded Systems

BEIJING, May 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GigaDevice Semiconductor Inc. introduces its first Arm Cortex-M7 core microcontroller (MCU) product family, the GD32H737/757/759 ultra-high performance MCU series.

The GD32H7 series offers superior processing power with power efficiency, rich connectivity, and comprehensive security functions. The GD32H7 MCU portfolio consists of 27-part numbers in three series, available in five package types: BGA176, LQFP176, LQFP144, BGA100, and LQFP100. The product samples and development tools will be gradually introduced starting June 2023, with mass production targeted in Q4 2023.

With an advanced manufacturing process, attractive cost, and outstanding application potential, the GD32H7 MCU series is ideal for signal processing, high-accuracy motor control, digital power supplies, energy storage, audio/voice recognition, and graphic/image applications. Thanks to its ultra-high CPU core clock speed and large memory size, the product also supports applications requiring intensive processing capabilities, such as machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI).

"The popularization of connected devices and AI algorithms are driving more intelligence into embedded designs," said Eric Jin, GigaDevice's Product Marketing Director. "The GD32H7 MCU series breaks through the traditional performance boundary of general purpose MCUs, providing superior processing power to enable innovative applications such as complex computation, multimedia processing, edge computing, and ML/AI algorithms. It further enhances the ultra-high-performance product portfolio of GD32 MCUs. With GigaDevice's robust supply chain and high-quality assurance, the GD32H7 is the right product platform for developers to better cope with future application challenges."

Powerful On-chip Integration

The GD32H7 MCU series adopts an Arm Cortex-M7 high-performance core based on Armv7E-M architecture, with up to 600MHz clock frequency. Its performance is further enhanced by the high bandwidth AXI + AHB bus and the six-stage pipeline architecture with branch prediction capability. The integrated advanced Digital Signal Processing (DSP) hardware accelerator and double-precision Floating-Point Unit (FPU), as well as the hardware Trigonometric Mathematic Unit (TMU) and Filter ACcelerator (FAC), significantly reduce the CPU loading and increase its processing efficiency. The GD32H7 MCU series can operate up to 1552 DMIPS at its highest frequency, and achieve an outstanding performance of 2888 points in CoreMark benchmark tests, improving code execution efficiency by approximately 10% compared to similar products in the market running at the same frequency. The product’s performance is more than 40% higher than that of Cortex-M4 products.