How Adesto Optimized Serial Flash for Execute in Place (XiP) Operation
(World News Science)

September 18, 2019 Several classes of embedded applications require large amounts of memory for executing either code or data. For example, some connected IoT nodes use wireless networking protocols that have large software stacks, while embedded AI and machine learning applications require large data sets. In each case, these applications require more memory storage than will economically fit on a standard embedded chip. Introducing Execute in Place (XiP), a system architecture that enables the execution of code directly from external serial flash memory, which can be as large as necessary to meet application requirements. However, standard serial flash devices (as used for BIOS, etc.) are...