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Apollo510 Ultra-Low Power Edge AI SoC

Advanced AI on a Chip

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Apollo510 is Ambiq’s next-generation ultra-low power Edge AI SoC, delivering industry-leading energy efficiency and up to 300x more AI inference throughput per joule. Designed for advanced speech, vision, health, and industrial AI applications, Apollo510 enables intelligent battery-powered devices with high performance, extended battery life, and real-time on-device intelligence.

Endless Edge Capabilities

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Outstanding Graphics

A 2.5D GPU with vector graphics acceleration for vibrant, crystal-clear, and smooth graphics, a 3.5x overall performance enhancement over the Apollo4 Plus family

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Leading Energy-Efficiency

A complete overhaul in hardware and software to include the Arm® Cortex®-M55 CPU with Helium Technology to achieve processing speeds up to 250MHz.

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Built for Next-Gen AI

Capable of performing a vast majority of AI, all WITHOUT the need for an NPU, including low-power sensor monitoring, always on voice commands, teleco-quality audio enhancements and more.

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Robust Security

Built on Ambiq’s secureSPOT® platform and Arm® TrustZone® technology with a physical unclonable function (PUF), tamper-resistant OTP, and secure peripherals — establishing a trusted execution environment (TEE).

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Specifications

High-Performance Arm Cortex-M55 Processor with FPU

  • Integrated 64 kB Instruction Cache and 64 kB Data Cache
  • Integrated 256 kB Instruction Tightly Coupled Memory (ITCM) and 512 kB Data TCM (DTCM)
  • Up to 250 MHz clock frequency
  • Integer, half-precision and single-precision floating-point Mprofile Vector Extensions (MVE) supported
  • Memory Protection Unit (MPU)

Security Features

  • Arm Trust Zone
  • Secure Boot
  • Secure over-the-air (OTA) updates
  • Secure wired updates
  • Key revocation

Ultra-low Power Memory

  • Up to 4MB of non-volatile memory for code/data
  • Up to 3.75MB of TCM and system RAM for code/data

Ultra-Low Power Interface for On- and Off-Chip Sensors

  • 12-bit ADC, 11 selectable input channels
  • Up to 1.7 MS/s sampling rate
  • Temperature sensor with ±3°C accuracy

Ultra-low Power Flexible Serial Peripherals

  • 2x 2/4/8-bit SPI master interfaces
  • 2x 2/4/8/16-bit SPI master interface
  • 8x I2C/SPI masters for peripheral communication
  • I2C/SPI slave for host communications
  • 4x UART modules with FIFOs and flow control
  • 1x USB 2.0 HS/FS device controller
  • 2x SDIO (SD3.0) / eMMC (v4.51)

Display

  • Memory in Pixel (MiP) display interface with fast-forward
  • LCD controller
  • MIPI DSI 1.2 with 2 data lanes up to 1.5 Gbps (768 Mbps per lane)
  • Up to 640×480 resolution at 60 fps
  • 4 layers with alpha blending
  • Frame Buffer Decompression

Audio Processing

  • 1x LP Always-on Audio ADC
  • 2x PDM DMIC interface
  • 2x full-duplex multichannel I2S ports, 1 with ASRC

Graphics


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  • 96 MHz / 250 MHz operating modes
  • 2.5D-like graphics accelerator with Vector Graphics (VG)
  • Anti-aliasing hardware acceleration
  • Rasterizer / full alpha blending / texture mapping
  • Texture / frame buffer compression (TSC4, 6, 6A and 12)
  • Dithering and radial/conical fill support

Rich Set of Clock Sources

  • PLL for precise clocking applications
  • 16-52 MHz and 32.768 kHz Crystal (XTAL) oscillators
  • 1 kHz Low Frequency RC (LFRC) oscillator
  • 2x High Frequency RC (HFRC) oscillator

Power Management

  • Operating range: 1.71-2.2 V
  • SIMO buck
  • Multiple I/O voltages supported

Applications

  • Smart watches/bands
  • Wireless sensors and IoT
  • Activity and fitness monitors
  • Children’s watches
  • Animal trackers
  • Motion and tracking devices
  • Alarms and security system
  • Far-field voice remotes
  • Consumer medical devices
  • Predictive maintenance
  • Smart home

Package Options

  • Several BGA packages with 48-190 GPIO

Ordering Information
(-20 to +70C)

  • AP510NFA-CCR (CSP, No connectivity built in)
  • AP510NFA-CBR (BGA, No connectivity built in)

Ordering Information
(-40 to +85C)

  • AP510NFA-ICR (CSP, No connectivity built in)
  • AP510NFA-IBR (BGA, No connectivity built in)

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

  • Apollo510 is an ultra-low power edge AI system-on-chip (SoC) from Ambiq designed for intelligent battery-powered devices.

  • Apollo510 supports wearables, healthcare devices, smart home products, industrial sensors, voice interfaces, and consumer electronics.

  • Apollo510 uses Ambiq’s SPOT® platform to reduce power consumption while maintaining high processing performance.

  • Yes. Apollo510 includes dedicated AI acceleration capabilities designed for on-device machine learning and intelligent sensing applications.

  • Apollo510 includes secure boot, hardware security features, encryption support, and protection mechanisms for edge devices.

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