NXP’s LPC1700 series Cortex-M3 microcontroller has been
benchmarked as the fastest microcontroller based on the ARM
processor core.
The Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium
(EEMBC)
results show that the LPC1700 executes application code on average
35% faster than the leading Cortex-M3 competitors when running at
the same clock speeds.
The microcontroller has been certified by EEMBC at 72,100, and
120MHz.
Important factors in the performance seem to be the core’s memory
interfaces which include direct memory access (DMA) and high speed
flash.
“These certified EEMBC results highlight the fact that the design
of the microcontroller and its memory interfaces is equally as
important as the processor core itself,” said Markus Levy,
president of EEMBC.
“Our EEMBC results confirm that the
LPC1700 series is now the fastest and
most efficient Cortex-M3 available in the market,” said Geoff Lees,
vice president and general manager, microcontroller product line,
NXP Semiconductors.
In the pipeline is a version with 512kbyte of flash memory.