<p>➀ Synaptics has introduced the SR-Series adaptive microcontrollers (MCUs) to expand its Astra AI-Native platform for Edge AI applications, offering three performance tiers: performance (100 GOPS), efficiency, and ultra-low-power always-on (AON) processing.</p><p>➁ These MCUs feature an Arm Cortex-M55 core combined with an Arm Ethos-U55 neural processing unit (NPU), along with multiple camera interfaces, secure memory, and accelerators, targeting applications such as battery-powered security cameras, sensors, and smart appliances.</p><p>➂ The SR-Series supports the Astra Machina Micro development kit and an open-source SDK, enabling developers to create context-aware cognitive IoT devices with adaptive vision, audio, and voice processing capabilities.</p>