Nordic Edge AI

Ultra-low-power edge AI across the industry's broadest range of applications

Your data. Your model. Your edge.

From saving bandwidth and energy to more responsive real-time performance, implementing AI in your embedded applications offers massive benefits beyond the buzzwords. Nordic Semiconductor offers two unique technologies, Neuton models and Axon NPU, exclusively to our customers, to cover the industry's broadest range of devices, applications, and customer needs.

Neuton models

Custom Neuton models are ultra-tiny edge AI models built from your data using our patented network-growing algorithm, ideal for running edge AI on any Nordic SoC or SiP using its main application core (CPU).

10×: Smaller memory footprint than TensorFlow Lite models

10×: Faster and more energy efficient than TensorFlow Lite models on the CPU

< 5 KB: Average memory footprint of custom Neuton models created with our framework

Axon NPU

The Axon NPU is our dedicated AI accelerator core, designed to increase the speed and efficiency of TensorFlow Lite models, built into our most capable SoCs.

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15×: Faster and more energy efficient than running the same TensorFlow Lite model on the CPU

8×: More energy efficient compared to the closest competing product

7×: Faster inference than the closest competing product

Products for Neuton models

All Nordic SoCs and SiPs are compatible with running Neuton models

nRF54LM20A SoC

Ultra-low-power wireless SoC supporting Bluetooth LE, Channel Sounding, Bluetooth Mesh, Zigbee, Thread, Matter, Aliro, and 2.4 GHz proprietary protocols.

128 MHz Arm Cortex-M33
2 MB NVM, 512 KB RAM
High-speed USB

nRF54L15 SoC

Ultra-low-power wireless SoC supporting Bluetooth LE, Bluetooth Channel Sounding, Bluetooth Mesh, Zigbee, Thread, Matter, Amazon Sidewalk and 2.4 GHz proprietary protocols

128 MHz Arm Cortex-M33
1.5 MB NVM, 256 KB RAM

nRF54L10 SoC

Ultra-low-power wireless SoC supporting Bluetooth LE, Bluetooth Channel Sounding, Bluetooth Mesh, Zigbee, Thread, Matter, Amazon Sidewalk and 2.4 GHz proprietary protocols

128 MHz Arm Cortex-M33
1.0 MB NVM, 192 KB RAM

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Axon NPU

Products containing our AI accelerator

nRF54LM20B SoC

Ultra-low-power wireless SoC with integrated Axon NPU, for hardware-accelerated edge AI applications, supporting Bluetooth LE, Channel Sounding, Bluetooth Mesh, Zigbee, Thread, Matter, Aliro, and 2.4 GHz proprietary protocols.

128 MHz Arm Cortex-M33
2 MB NVM, 512 KB RAM
128 MHz integrated Axon NPU
High-speed USB

Customer

18 Jun 2026

Edge AI-powered smart ring captures and analyzes vital signs data, keeps family and clinicians notified using Nordic Semiconductor’s ultra-low power wireless MCU