SoC 01 Features 02 Products 03 Overview 04 Buy 05

System on Chip 01

Built on Ambiq’s patented Subthreshold Power Optimized Technology (SPOT^®) platform, Apollo family of system on chips (SoCs) provide the most power-efficient processing solutions in the market. Optimized in both active and sleep modes, the Apollo processors are designed to deliver an ultra-long lifetime and higher performance for Wi-Fi-connected, battery-powered wearables, hearables, remote controls, Bluetooth speakers, and portable and mobile IoT devices.

Apollo SoC Selector Guide

Apollo4 Blue Lite Apollo4 Lite Apollo4 Blue Plus Apollo4 Plus Apollo4 Blue Apollo4 Apollo3 Blue Plus Apollo3 Blue Thin Apollo3 Blue Apollo3 Apollo2 Thin Apollo2 Apollo

Features 02

Computational Horsepower

Arm Cortex-M4F core offers the computational horsepower required in an internet of things (IoT) world.

Power Efficiency

As low as 4 μA/MHz power efficiency to meet the most battery constrained processing needs.

Reduced Sleep Current

Integrates a power switch with ~1 Ω impedance to cut-off ground current on the host SoC and reduce sleep current to < 1 nA.

Optimized Power Modes

Optimize both active and sleep mode power.

Power-Optimized Sensor

Intelligent peripheral management for power-optimized sensor processing.

Multiple Package Options

Offered in BGA and WLCSP package options.

Sensor Application Processor

Serves as an application processor for one or more sensors (some have a fully integrated Bluetooth Low Energy 5 radio).

Internet of Things

The Apollo processors, integrated with analog, digital, radio frequency circuitry, multiple interfaces, and other functionalities onto one tiny package, allow manufacturers the capability of running sensing, data storage, analysis, inference, security, and communications all within an ultra-low power budget. Close to 100 millions hearables, wearables, medical monitors, IoT devices, and wireless remote sensors are benefiting from the Apollo family by gaining the flexibility to dramatically increase battery life, adding more complex intelligent processing, all the while using less or smaller batteries, or unique power supplies, to provide the ultimate customer experiences.

Highlighted Products 03

Apollo4 Blue Plus Learn more

Superior Graphics and Display

Use our highly energy efficient 2/2.5D graphics accelerator to implement high quality graphics with support for vector graphics, antialiasing, and dithering. A MIPI DSI high-speed interface coupled with support for 32-bit color and 500x500 pixel resolution enables developers to create compelling Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) for battery-operated IoT devices.

Always-on Audio

Experience truly always-on voice processing with an ultra-low power analog microphone and optimized noise cancelling algorithms for clear voice. Achieve multi-channel processing and high-fidelity digital audio with enhanced digital filtering and low power audio interfaces.

Apollo4 Plus Learn more

Purpose-built SoC

With ample memory, this platform is engineered to drive battery-powered graphics, audio solutions, and more.

Get to Market Faster

Develop with AmbiqSuite SDK using your preferred tool chain. We offer support documents and reference code that can be repurposed to accelerate your development time.

Safe and Secure

Design with confidence using Ambiq's robust secureSPOT technology to ensure a complete end-to-end secure environment for your application.

SoC Products Overview 04


	Apollo4 Blue Plus	Apollo3 Blue Plus	Apollo3 Blue	Apollo4 Plus	Apollo3	Apollo2	Apollo
SoC Frequency	96 MHz 192 MHz turboSPOT	48 MHz 96 MHz turboSPOT	48 MHz 96 MHz turboSPOT	96 MHz 192 MHz turboSPOT	48 MHz 96 MHz turboSPOT	48 MHz	24 MHz
SoC	32-bit Arm Cortex-M4F, DMA, Arm Cortex-M0 for for Bluetooth Low Energy	32-bit Arm Cortex-M4F, DMA Arm Cortex-M0 for Bluetooth Low Energy	32-bit Arm Cortex-M4F, DMA, Arm^® Cortex^®-M0 for Bluetooth Low Energy	32-bit Arm Cortex-M4F, DMA	32-bit Arm Cortex-M4F, DMA	32-bit Arm Cortex-M4F	32-bit Arm^® Cortex^®-M4F
SoC Power Efficiency	4 μA/MHz	6 μA/MHz	6 μA/MHz	4 μA/MHz	6 μA/MHz	10 µA/MHz	34 µA/MHz
NVM	2MB MRAM	2MB Flash	1MB Flash	2MB Flash	1MB Flash	1MB Flash	512KB Flash
SRAM	2.75MB	768KB	384KB	2.75MB	384KB	256KB	64KB
Voltage	1.71-2.2 V	1.755-3.63 V	1.755-3.63 V	1.71-2.2 V	1.755-3.63 V	1.755-3.63 V	2.2-3.8 V
ADC	12-bit, 11-channel, up to 2.8 MS/s Sampling Rate ADC	14-bit, 15-channel, up to 2.67 MS/s Sampling Rate ADC	14-bit, 15-channel, up to 2.67 MS/s Sampling Rate ADC	12-bit, 11-channel, up to 2.8 MS/s Sampling	14-bit, 15-channel, up to 2.67 MS/s Sampling Rate ADC	14-bit, 15-channel, up to 2.67 MS/s Sampling Rate ADC	10-bit, 13-channel, up to 800 kSps Sampling Rate ADC
UART	4	2	2	4	2	2	1
I/O	I²C/SPI Master (7x) I²C/SPI Slave USB FS/HS SDIO v3.0/eMMC (1x)	I²C/SPI Master (6x) I²C/SPI Slave	I²C/SPI Master (6x) I²C/SPI Slave	I²C/SPI Master (8x) I²C/SPI Slave USB FS/HS SDIO v3.0/eMMC (1x)	I²C/SPI Master (6x) I²C/SPI Slave	I²C/SPI Master (6x) I²C/SPI Slave	I²C/SPI Master (2x) I²C/SPI Slave
MSPI	Dual/Quad/Octal-SPI Master (2x) QSPI/OSPI/HexSPI 96 MHz SDR 48 MHz DDR	Dual/Quad/Octal-SPI Master (3x) 48 MHz SDR ISO7816 Master	Dual/Quad/Octal-SPI Master 48 MHz SDR ISO7816 Master	Dual/Quad/Octal-SPI Master (2x) QSPI/OSPI/HexSPI 96 MHz SDR 48 MHz DDR	Dual/Quad/Octal-SPI Master 48 MHz SDR ISO7816 Master	-	-
I²S	I²S Master/Slave (2x) full-duplex with ASRC	I²S Slave for PDM Audio Pass-through	I²S Slave for PDM Audio Pass-through	I²S Master/Slave (2x) full-duplex with ASRC	I²S Slave for PDM Audio Pass-through	I²S Slave for PDM Audio Pass-through	-
Audio	Stereo Digital Microphones (4x), LP Analog Microphone with PGA (1x)	Dual Interface PDM for Mono and Stereo Audio Microphones	Dual Interface PDM for Mono and Stereo Audio Microphones	Stereo Digital Microphones (4x), LP Analog Microphone with PGA (1x)	Dual Interface PDM for Mono and Stereo Audio Microphones	Dual Interface PDM for Mono and Stereo Audio Microphones	-
Display	SPI 3-wire/4-wire Dual/QuadSPI MIPI DSI x2 4-layer Display Controller	SPI 3-wire/4-wire Dual/QuadSPI	SPI 3-wire/4-wire	SPI 3-wire/4-wire Dual/QuadSPI MIPI DSI x2 4-layer Display Controller	SPI 3-wire/4-wire	-	-
Graphics	2D/2.5D GPU with anti-aliasing, dithering, and vector graphics	-	-	2D/2.5D GPU with anti-aliasing, dithering, and vector graphics	-	-	-
Security	secureSPOT 2.0	secureSPOT	secureSPOT	secureSPOT 2.0	secureSPOT	-	-
Connectivity	Bluetooth Low Energy 5.1	Bluetooth Low Energy 5	Bluetooth Low Energy 5	-	-	-	-
RF Sensitivity	-95 dBm	-93 dBm	-93 dBm	-	-	-	-
Tx Output Power	Up to +6 dBm	Up to +3 dBm	Up to +3 dBm	-	-	-	-
Packages	4.7 mm x 4.7 mm, 131-pin BGA with 81 GPIO	5.3 mm x 4.3 mm x 0.8 mm, 108-pin BGA with 74 GPIO	5 mm x 5 mm, 81-pin BGA with 50 GPIO 3.25 mm x 3.37 mm, 66-pin WLCSP with 37 GPIO 3.25 mm x 3.37 mm, 66-pin WLCSP 300um with backside coating (Thin)	5 mm x 5 mm, 146-pin BGA with 105 GPIO	5 mm x 5 mm, 81-pin BGA with 50 GPIO 3.25 mm x 3.37 mm, 66-pin WLCSP with 37 GPIO	4.5 mm x 4.5 mm, 64-pin BGA with 50 GPIO 2.5 mm x 2.5 mm, 49-pin WLCSP with 34 GPIO 2.5 mm x 2.5 mm, 49-pin WLCSP with 300um with backside coating (Thin)	4.5 mm x 4.5 mm, 64-pin BGA with 50 GPIO 2.49 mm x 2.90 mm, 41-pin WLCSP with 27 GPIO
Ordering Information	AMA4B2KP-KXR (BGA) AMA4B2KP-KBR (BGA) AMA4BPEVB (EVB) AMAP4BPXEVB (EVB)	AMA3B2KK-KBR (BGA) AMA3B2EVB (EVB)	AMA3B1KK-KBR-B0 (BGA) AMA3B1KK-KCR-B0 (WLCSP) AMA3B1KK-KCR-TB (Thin) AMA3BEVB (EVB)	AMAP42KP-KBR (BGA) AMAP4PEVB (EVB) AMAP4PDISP (Display Kit)	AMAP31KK-KBR (BGA) AMAP31KK-KCR (WLCSP)	AMAPH1KK-KBR (BGA) AMAPH1KK-KCR (WLCSP) AMAPH1KK-KCR-TB (Thin) AMAPHEVB (EVB)	APOLLO512-KBR (BGA) APOLLO512-KCR (WLCSP) AMAP1EVB (EVB)