Ambiq has introduced Apollo4 Lite and Apollo4 Blue Lite SoC (system on chip) to its portfolio of SoCs for IoT endpoint devices, a remote monitoring products of the healthcare sector. This announcement follows Ambiq’s release of its Heart Kit, an optimised open-source AI model utilising multi-head neural networks (MH-NNs) to enable a variety of real-time heart-monitoring applications.
The Apollo4 Lite and Blue Lite product line is the generation system processor solutions built upon Ambiq’s proprietary Subthreshold Power-Optimised Technology (SPOT) platform, enabling new features while reducing devices’ overall system power consumption to extend their battery life. Both SoCs are embedded with an ultra-low power Cortex-M4 core that can operate at up to 192 MHz with turboSPOT, an audio subsystem, GPU (graphics processing unit), and ample MRAM (magnetoresistive random access memory) and SRAM (static random-access memory). They are also pin-compatible with Ambiq’s Apollo4 Plus and Blue Plus, providing developers with optimum flexibility for improvement.
“Today’s patients are more empowered to monitor and advocate for their own health, and healthcare providers require more data analytics to prescribe holistic treatment,” says David Priscak, VP of technical solutions at Ambiq. “With bold graphics and long battery life, state-of-the-art health tracking is now more affordable and accessible thanks to these new additions to our Apollo4 SoC family.”
“The global remote patient market in terms of revenue was estimated to be worth $53.6 billion (€48.62 billion) in 2022 and is poised to reach $175.2 billion (€158.91 billion) by 2027, growing at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 26.7% from 2022 to 2027,” says Ms. Anu Dhiman, lead healthcare analyst MarketsandMarkets Research Pvt. Ltd. “The predominant factors influencing the growth of the market include the benefits of remote patient monitoring to reduce the burden on medical resources, the monitoring benefits of telehealth and remote patient monitoring services, advancements in telecommunications, as increasing geriatric population, and the growing need to expand healthcare access.”
The Apollo4 Lite and the Apollo4 Blue Lite are designed for extended battery life, advanced security, and graphics in small form factors, which are critical for the continued adoption of these devices. Both are now in mass production, targeting digital health products, smartwatches, fitness bands, animal trackers, voice-activated remotes, industrial maintenance, and smart home IoT devices.
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