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Real-Time Microcontroller - Ultra-low latency control loops for real-time computing

The MIPS® M8500 real-time compute subsystem is a turnkey enabler for physical AI platforms that need precise control.

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Overview

The MIPS® M8500 real-time compute subsystem is a turnkey enabler for physical AI platforms that need precise control. MIPS developed the M8500 real-time compute subsystems product line, offering low-latency, functionally safe, reliable processing for a variety of applications:

Automotive

  • Traction Inverter
  • On-Board Charger (OBC)
  • High-Voltage to Low-Voltage DC/DC
  • Converter (HVLV DCDC)
  • Battery Management Systems (BMS)

Industrial

  • Motor Drives
  • Servo Drives
  • Robotics
  • AC Inverters
  • Brushless DC Motors (BLDC)
  • String Inverters
  • Grid Infrastructure
  • Electric Vehicle Chargers
  • Power Conversion
  • Wall Chargers
  • Solar Energy Storage

Physical AI platforms need precise control of motors and manipulators to increase the flexibility and adaptability of robots to the human world. Innovative new real-time multithreaded architecture is capable of rapid event-driven processing and sub-10μs loops with determinism, safety, and real-time performance features built in.

The MIPS M8500 combines the real-time performance of a proprietary architecture with the ease-of-use of a general-purpose core. This leads to better performance, lower power, and increased area efficiency, while being easy to adopt and use. Engineered on the open foundation of RISC-V, all this can be achieved while using a general-purpose programming model.

Customers can rely on MIPS expertise in low latency control loop problems to help deliver the right solution, whether it’s integrated into their next SoC design, a chip based on MIPS reference silicon, or their own custom tailored solution.

The MIPS M8500 real-time compute subsystem will be open for select customer evaluation via MIPS Atlas™ Explorer mid-2025, with evaluation boards in 4Q25 and reference design availability in 1H26.

Key features

  • Reliable event driven computing is enabled by the unique MIPS M8500 real-time multithreaded architecture.
  • The M8500 is an easy-to-use general-purpose microcontroller with advanced efficiency and performance for sub -10μs control loop algorithms.
  • The M8500 is a turnkey closed loop control solution with functional safety options and end-to-end software solution.

Applications

  •  Automotive
    • Traction Inverter
    • On-Board Charger (OBC)
    • High-Voltage to Low-Voltage DC/DC 
    •  Converter (HVLV DCDC)
    • Battery Management Systems (BMS)
  •  Industrial
    • Motor Drives
    • Servo Drives
    • Robotics
    • AC Inverters
    • Brushless DC Motors (BLDC)
    • String Inverters
    • Grid Infrastructure
    • Electric Vehicle Chargers
    • Power Conversion
    • Wall Chargers
    • Solar Energy Storage

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Identity

Part Number
M8500
Vendor
MIPS

Provider

MIPS
HQ: USA
MIPS is a leading developer of highly scalable RISC processor IP for high-end automotive, computing and communications applications. With its deep engineering expertise built over 35 years and billions of MIPS-based chips shipped to-date, today the company is accelerating RISC-V innovation for a new era of heterogeneous processing. The company’s proven solutions are uniquely configurable, enabling semiconductor companies to hit exacting performance and power requirements and differentiate their devices.
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