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Nuvoton adds three MA35D0 LQFP128 MPUs and compact 45×45 mm Chili Pro eval board for industrial AI

Nuvoton expanded the NuMicro MA35D0 series with three LQFP128 parts and launched the NuMaker-IoT-MA35D0-A2 board, pairing dual Cortex-A35 with a Cortex-M4 for real-time I/O.

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TL;DR — three sentences

  • Nuvoton added MA35D05KH67C, MA35D05KI67C and MA35D05KJ67C LQFP128 MPUs to the MA35D0 series. (S1)
  • The NuMaker-IoT-MA35D0-A2 (Chili Pro) board pairs dual 650 MHz Cortex-A35 cores with a 180 MHz Cortex-M4 on a 45 × 45 mm PCB. (S1)
  • Target markets are industrial AI, smart gateways and renewable energy systems. (S1)

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Reported by CNX-Software on 2026-10-07. Summarized and analyzed by XAIPART Editorial.

What happened

Nuvoton has added MA35D05KH67C, MA35D05KI67C and MA35D05KJ67C, three new LQFP128 MPUs, to the NuMicro MA35D0 series, alongside the NuMaker-IoT-MA35D0-A2 (Chili Pro) evaluation board.S1

The MA35D0 is a heterogeneous part aimed at industrial AI, smart gateways and renewable energy systems, integrating two 64-bit Arm Cortex-A35 cores at up to 650 MHz with a dedicated 180 MHz Arm Cortex-M4 for real-time work.S1 According to Nuvoton's press release, Chili Pro is positioned as the "industry's smallest Linux platform".S1

The source notes the board measures 45 × 45 mm, which is larger than several reference boards the outlet previously covered: VoCore2 (25.4 × 25.4 × 2.8 mm), Milk-V Duo 256M (51 × 21 mm), NanoPi NEO (40 × 40 mm) and Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W (65 × 30 mm).S1 The same source highlights that the footprint still accommodates full-sized RJ45 and USB ports along with the other on-board interfaces.S1

Key numbers
MetricReported valueSource
New MPNs added to MA35D0 seriesMA35D05KH67C, MA35D05KI67C, MA35D05KJ67C (all LQFP128)[S1]
Cortex-A35 cores / max clock2 × 64-bit, up to 650 MHz[S1]
Cortex-M4 real-time core / clock1 × 180 MHz[S1]
Eval board footprint (Chili Pro)45 × 45 mm[S1]
Target applicationsIndustrial AI, smart gateways, renewable energy[S1]
Pricing / distributor stockNot disclosed[S1]

Background timeline

  1. - Nuvoton announces MA35D05KH67C, MA35D05KI67C and MA35D05KJ67C LQFP128 MPUs and the NuMaker-IoT-MA35D0-A2 (Chili Pro) board. [S1]
  2. No prior milestones disclosed by the source.

XAIPART take

Technical impact

The MA35D0's split between a 650 MHz Cortex-A35 application domain and a 180 MHz Cortex-M4 real-time domain is the relevant design-in detail: gating, motor control and other deterministic I/O can stay on the M4 while Linux services, TLS and machine-learning inference run on the A35 cores. XAIPART analysis

LQFP128 packaging on all three new part numbers (MA35D05KH67C, MA35D05KI67C, MA35D05KJ67C) keeps the design hand-solderable on a 4-layer board, which matters for low-volume industrial-AI and renewable-energy builds that want to avoid BGA X-ray costs. XAIPART analysis

Market impact

Putting a Linux-capable heterogeneous MPU on a 45 × 45 mm board with full-sized RJ45 and USB ports targets the same design slot as NXP i.MX 8M Nano and Microchip SAMA7G54 reference boards, where Nuvoton's pricing - undisclosed in this article - is the only lever that will decide share. XAIPART analysis

Procurement teams qualifying the MA35D0 should plan a multi-source second-source review, because Nuvoton's industrial AI and smart-gateway pipeline is now tied to a family that, as reported, still has three newly released part numbers awaiting second-source equivalents. XAIPART analysis

Action

Request the MA35D0 datasheet, errata sheet and Linux BSP (including M4 remoteproc support) from Nuvoton or a franchised distributor before committing the part to a new BOM. XAIPART analysis

Order two samples each of MA35D05KH67C, MA35D05KI67C and MA35D05KJ67C to characterize wake-from-M4 latency and industrial-Ethernet throughput on the NuMaker-IoT-MA35D0-A2 board, then compare against the incumbent Nuvoton part used on existing SKUs. XAIPART analysis

XAIPART Forecast

XAIPART expects that, within 9 months of this brief (by 2027-07-11), at least one of MA35D05KH67C, MA35D05KI67C or MA35D05KJ67C will appear in stock at a major franchised distributor with a published lead time under 12 weeks; if no franchised listing with a lead time of 12 weeks or less appears for any of the three MPNs by 2027-07-11, this forecast is wrong. XAIPART analysis

Facts are as reported by the cited source. The design-in, sourcing and forward-looking statements above are XAIPART's analysis, not the source's claims. Uncertainty: pricing, distributor stock levels and second-source availability for the three LQFP128 MPUs were not disclosed; the "industry's smallest Linux platform" claim is from Nuvoton's own press release as quoted by the source and is unverified.

Corrections: none at publication. This brief will be updated with a timestamp if the source corrects its report.

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XAIPART expects that, within 9 months of this brief (by 2027-07-11), at least one of MA35D05KH67C, MA35D05KI67C or MA35D05KJ67C will appear in stock at a major franchised distributor with a published lead time under 1... no franchised listing with a lead time of 12 weeks or less appears for any of the three MPNs by 2027-07-11 Pending

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Event chain · as of 2026-10-18T04:00:34+08:00 · nodes link to published articles on this site.
Event chain — raspberry-pi+new-productsChain nodes: 2026-10-11 Nuvoton expanded the NuMicro MA35D0 series with three LQFP128 parts and launched the NuMaker-IoT-MA35D0-A2 board, pairing dual Cortex-A35 with a Cortex-M4 for real-time I/O.; 2026-10-11 DEBIX has launched an industrial-grade SBC powered by MediaTek's Genio 720 (MT8391) SoC with a 9-TOPS NPU, dual-display interfaces, and a -40°C to 85°C range.; 2026-10-11 Geekworm and Mcuzone ship a 5V/5A supercapacitor UPS HAT for the Raspberry Pi 5 in 22F/60F/100F variants, with pogo-pin detection and I2C telemetry.; 2026-10-11 Open-source DSPi firmware lets Raspberry Pi Pico and Pico 2 act as a USB sound card with parametric EQ, crossovers, and up to 8 output channels.; 2026-10-11 Walnut Pi has launched a CM5-footprint Compute Module built on the Allwinner T527 octa-core Cortex-A55, with up to 4GB LPDDR4, 16GB eMMC, WiFi 6, and a 2 TOPS NPU.; 2026-10-18 Two 50x26 mm boards - one CPU, one FPGA - drive 1920x1080 or 1366x768 panels over LVDS, eDP, DVI, or VGA for bare-metal embedded UIs.. As of 2026-10-18T04:00:34+08:00. Open forecast: Nuvoton expanded the NuMicro MA35D0 series with three LQFP128 parts and — pending Open forecast: DEBIX has launched an industrial-grade SBC powered by MediaTek's Genio 7 — pending.2026-10-11Nuvoton expanded tour brief ↗this brief2026-10-11DEBIX has launchedour brief ↗2026-10-11Geekworm and Mcuzoour brief ↗2026-10-11Open-source DSPi four brief ↗2026-10-11Walnut Pi has launour brief ↗2026-10-18Two 50x26 mm boardour brief ↗Open forecast: Nuvoton expanded the NuMicro MA35D0 series with three LQFP128 parts and — pendingOpen forecast: DEBIX has launched an industrial-grade SBC powered by MediaTek's Genio 7 — pending
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  1. Nuvoton expanded the NuMicro MA35D0 series with three LQFP128 parts and launched the NuMaker-IoT-MA35D0-A2 board, pairing dual Cortex-A35 with a Cortex-M4 for real-time I/O.
  2. DEBIX has launched an industrial-grade SBC powered by MediaTek's Genio 720 (MT8391) SoC with a 9-TOPS NPU, dual-display interfaces, and a -40°C to 85°C range.
  3. Geekworm and Mcuzone ship a 5V/5A supercapacitor UPS HAT for the Raspberry Pi 5 in 22F/60F/100F variants, with pogo-pin detection and I2C telemetry.
  4. Open-source DSPi firmware lets Raspberry Pi Pico and Pico 2 act as a USB sound card with parametric EQ, crossovers, and up to 8 output channels.
  5. Walnut Pi has launched a CM5-footprint Compute Module built on the Allwinner T527 octa-core Cortex-A55, with up to 4GB LPDDR4, 16GB eMMC, WiFi 6, and a 2 TOPS NPU.
  6. Two 50x26 mm boards - one CPU, one FPGA - drive 1920x1080 or 1366x768 panels over LVDS, eDP, DVI, or VGA for bare-metal embedded UIs. aggregator

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Gate verdict hold · 6/6 applicable checks passed · spec v2.9 · C10 ratio 0.06904 · C10 rounds 0
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Editorial score

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Gate score breakdown 6 applicable checks, 6 passed: 100 percent. Hold items: C13 (falsifiable forecast) — sent to human review. Gate spec: v2.9 (S0 + S1 + C1–C20) · Source affinity (C20): 0.6111. Applicable checks passed 6 / 6 = 100% · verdict: hold Hold items: C13 (falsifiable forecast) — sent to human review Gate spec: v2.9 (S0 + S1 + C1–C20) · Source affinity (C20): 0.6111 The gate decides publication. The independent audit score is advisory only.

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Sources

  1. NuMaker-IoT-MA35D0-A2 (Chili Pro) ultra-compact evaluation board features MA35D0K Cortex-A35/M4 MPU — https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/10/07/numaker-iot-ma35d0-a2-chili-pro-ultra-compact-evaluation-board-features-ma35d0k-cortex-a35-m4-mpu/ · rss · accessed

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