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Arm Corstone-300

Hardware

by Arm Holdings

Reference package for building IoT and embedded SoCs around the Cortex-M55 processor, Arm's most AI-capable Cortex-M, with the Ethos-U55 microNPU as an integrable option for on-device machine learning.

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What it does

• IP licensing
• Model inference

Sources

Pricing

Official documentation · 18 Oct 2026

Product inquiry page: "Information and pricing requests only."; Arm's Licensing menu names Flexible Access and Total Access but no list price.

Description

Official documentation · 18 Oct 2026

"Architected to maximize the performance of IoT and embedded devices, the Corstone-300 is a reference package based on the Arm Cortex-M55 processor and developed to help SoC designers build secure systems faster."

What it does

Official documentation · 18 Oct 2026

"The fastest way to incorporate Arm’s most AI-capable Cortex-M processor, the Arm Cortex-M55, into an SoC design."

Sold within

Not found · 18 Oct 2026

Page read with curl 2026-10-18: the Corstone page states no licence tier or entitlement for this subsystem.

Name

Official documentation · 18 Oct 2026

Page title "Corstone-300: IoT solutions with Ethos-U55 NPU – Arm®"; listed under Silicon IP > Subsystems.

URL

Official documentation · 18 Oct 2026

The live product page that this record links to (Arm Corstone-300).

Deployment

Official documentation · 18 Oct 2026

The subsystem is silicon IP that runs on the licensee's own chip, with ML inference performed on the device.

Intended for

Official documentation · 18 Oct 2026

"developed to help SoC designers build secure systems faster"

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