Nordic Semiconductor

Oslo – November 03, 2026 -- Nordic Semiconductor has introduced the nRF71 Series of ultra-low-power systems-on-chip, which cuts standby power by up to 20 times compared with the current nRF70 Series Wi-Fi products. The chips combine Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Low Energy (LE), Thread and edge AI on a single device and are now sampling with selected customers.

Axon NPU runs machine learning models 10x to 17x faster than the Cortex-M33 alone

The integrated Axon Neural Processing Unit runs inference 10x to 17x faster than the 256 MHz Arm Cortex-M33 processor alone. Nordic says keyword spotting, anomaly detection and image classification become practical on battery-powered devices, with no external AI processor required. Developers can also run ultra-small models built from their own data with Nordic's Neuton software on the processor alone. Over-the-air model updates run through nRF Cloud.

OSLO – October 30, 2026 -- Nordic Semiconductor (OSE: NOD) has demonstrated Bluetooth High Data Throughput (HDT) running in silicon, a feature that raises the maximum Bluetooth Low Energy transfer speed almost fourfold. The company is one of the first vendors to show support for the technology.

Longer packets target wearables, hearing aids and PC accessories

Bluetooth HDT adds support for longer packets and new ways for the radio to pack more data into each transmission. Nordic says wearables, smart home devices, PC accessories, hearing aids and other Bluetooth LE products will be able to move data significantly faster while keeping the energy efficiency of Bluetooth LE.

Oslo – October 13, 2026 -- Nordic Semiconductor (OSE: NOD) is marking 10 years of its ultra-low-power wireless technology inside the BBC micro:bit, a board that has helped an estimated 73.5 million young people in more than 85 countries learn coding, according to the Micro:bit Educational Foundation.

Foundation targets 100 million young people by 2028

The Foundation is calling on industry and education to work together so children can understand, question and create with technology. Its goal is to reach 100 million young people by 2028.

The program began in 2016, when up to one million micro:bit boards with Nordic wireless technology were distributed to school-children across the UK through the BBC Make it Digital campaign. Foundation CEO Gareth Stockdale said Nordic supplied a million components for the original board, which went to every Year 7 student in the UK.

Akron, Ohio – September 22, 2026 -- Ezurio has introduced the BL54LM20 Series, marking the first time its BL54L module line integrates Edge AI processing directly on the chip. The series includes three products: the BL54LM20A, the BL54LM20B, and a BL54LM20B USB-C Adapter, all built on Nordic Semiconductor's new nRF54LM20A and nRF54LM20B system-on-chips.

New modules pair dual processors with expanded memory for larger IoT applications

Each module combines a 128 MHz Arm Cortex-M33 application processor with a 128 MHz RISC-V coprocessor, backed by 2 MB of non-volatile memory and 512 KB of RAM. The BL54LM20A supports Bluetooth LE Core 6.x, 802.15.4 for Thread/Matter, and NFC within an 11 x 8 x 1.8 mm footprint, alongside Secure Boot, Secure Firmware Update, and Secure Storage.