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On October 29, 2026, Mouser Electronics announced that it is now stocking NXP Semiconductors' new Ara240 discrete neural processing unit (DNPU). According to a report by 21ic Electronics Network, the chip delivers up to 40 eTOPS of compute and supports up to 16GB of LPDDR4 memory, targeting real-time generative AI, industrial automation, autonomous robotics and edge applications; it can efficiently run LLMs and VLMs and integrates into edge computing platforms via PCIe Gen4 and USB 3.2 host interfaces. The report also states that the product is accompanied by the Ara SDK to accelerate deployment, and that Mouser is also offering the ARA2-M2-16G-GT M.2 accelerator module based on the Ara240. There are currently no further developments.
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Mouser Now Stocking NXP Ara240 Discrete Neural Processing Unit, 40 eTOPS Compute Supports Edge LLM
Mouser Electronics is now stocking NXP Semiconductors' new Ara240 discrete neural processing unit (DNPU), which delivers up to 40 eTOPS of compute and supports up to 16GB of LPDDR4 memory, targeting real-time generative AI, industrial automation, autonomous robots and edge applications. The chip can efficiently execute LLMs and VLMs, integrates into edge computing platforms via PCIe Gen4 and USB 3.2 host interfaces, and is accompanied by the Ara SDK to accelerate deployment. Mouser also offers the ARA2-M2-16G-GT M.2 accelerator module based on the Ara240.