AX-E0 is the chip made by startup Arox that aims to revolutionise the world of the internet of things. Founded in 2022 after an incubation at the Politecnico di Milano, Arox is led by Davide Toschi, engineer who chose to take on this challenge after turning down offers from large semiconductor companies.
Also believing in Arox is GB Invest, an Italian group already active in sectors such as luxury yachting, real estate and hotellerie, which has decided to support the project by sharing its vision and growth potential.
Arox’s mission is to redefine the concept of Ultra Low Power, developing advanced system-on-chip (SoC) and ASIC solutions to set a new standard for energy efficiency in the industry.
Thanks to the customised CPU based on a Leonardo architecture, the chip reduces power consumption by up to 10 times compared to processors in the same class, without compromising performance.
With a maximum frequency of 32 MHz, AX-E0 supports various communication interfaces such as UART, SPI and I2C, ensuring broad compatibility with various devices.
One of its features is its energy harvesting technology, which allows it to be powered solely by drawing energy from the environment. By exploiting the benefits of energy harvesting, AX-E0 is therefore a self-powered chip, eliminating the need for batteries in the devices that integrate it and thus helping to reduce both maintenance costs and environmental impact.
AX-E0’s compact architecture integrates a reduced number of logic gates, minimising the occupied area and static power dissipation. This optimisation makes it particularly suitable for IoT applications with stringent energy constraints, where efficiency and autonomy are crucial factors.
In addition to its innovative design, the AX-E0’s other added value is its versatility: the AX-E0 chip is designed to integrate into a wide range of low-power applications. Key areas of use include IoT utilities, where it can help make smart grids for energy management more efficient. In the smart city context, it is designed to enable advanced urban infrastructure, especially in monitoring systems that collect and analyse data via sensors for predictive maintenance, optimising management in the event of malfunctions.
In the wellbeing sector, AX-E0 is also compatible with wearable devices such as fitness trackers and smart clothing. The chip also lends itself to solutions for fitness equipment and gyms, as well as for the home automation, home appliance and smart building sectors, i.e. in all those applications involving interactions between small, low-power, low-weight devices.
“Our mission is to redefine efficiency standards in the IoT, maximising the relationship between performance and energy consumption. So far we have succeeded in doing this by achieving a tenfold reduction in savings compared to the competition,’ Davide Toschi, CEO of Arox, said in a statement, pictured here with the team – AX-E0 wants to represent a turning point: an ASIC with an innovative, general purpose programming language, but developed to ensure high performance in specific applications. What makes the difference is our approach to design: it is the key that enables AX-E0 to achieve high performance with extremely low power consumption’.
Arox’s goal is to conquer new application areas, including the aerospace and medical sectors, while strengthening its presence in the IoT.
“In the medium to long term, Arox aims to consolidate Italy as a point of reference in the semiconductor sector, flanking the traditional excellences of Made in Italy. This is undoubtedly an ambitious goal, but one that would see us playing a leading role in the transformation of the national technological landscape,” Toschi adds. “We also want Arox to become a pole of attraction for the best Italian engineering talent coming not only from the Polytechnic, but from all the country’s major academic institutions.
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