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June 05, 2026
Extending Armv8.1-M support in Renode with Helium instructions for Analog Devices' Cortex-M offering
Analog Devices and Antmicro collaborate to make it faster and easier for developers to build high‑performance embedded applications.
At Analog Devices, we’re focused on making it faster and easier for developers to build high‑performance embedded applications. In collaboration with Antmicro, we’ve extended Renode’s simulation capabilities to support Armv8.1‑M with Helium (M‑Profile Vector Extension) - a key technology powering next‑generation signal processing and ML workloads on Cortex‑M devices.
Helium introduces powerful vector processing that significantly boosts performance for digital signal processing and machine learning, enabling more intelligent applications on low‑power systems. With this new support in Renode, developers can now explore, develop, and test Helium‑enabled software workloads earlier in the development cycle without requiring physical hardware, accelerating time to insight and reducing integration risk.
This collaboration highlights ADI’s ongoing investment in scalable developer tooling and open ecosystems, helping engineers move faster from concept to deployment. Read the full post from Antmicro to dive deeper into the technical details and see how to get started HERE
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