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Arm Cortex-M55

Hardware

by Arm Holdings

A processor IP design for endpoint artificial intelligence, machine learning, and digital signal processing.

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What it does

• Model inference
• IP licensing

Features 3

• Arm Helium TechnologyProvides optional vector acceleration for machine learning and signal processing applications
• TrustZone for Cortex-MCreates an isolated execution environment for trusted embedded software and data
• Arm Custom InstructionsSupports custom processor instructions while maintaining a coherent software development environment

Sources

Pricing

Official documentation · 15 Oct 2026

"Information and pricing requests only."

Description

Official documentation · 15 Oct 2026

"brings endpoint artificial intelligence (AI)"

What it does

Official documentation · 15 Oct 2026

"Improve ML and DSP Performance"

Sold within

Official documentation · 15 Oct 2026

"incorporate the Cortex-M55 into a system-on-chip (SoC)"

Name

Official documentation · 15 Oct 2026

"The Arm Cortex-M55 processor"

URL

Official documentation · 15 Oct 2026

"The Arm Cortex-M55 processor"

Deployment

Official documentation · 15 Oct 2026

"on-device ML processing for billions"

Intended for

Official documentation · 18 Oct 2026

Page: 'systems in the cloud for developers to build and test software without hardware'.

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