NXP Discrete Neural Processing Units (Kinara Ara240)

Fields

id

sources/nxp-kinara-ara240-dnpu

URL

https://www.nxp.com/products/processors-and-microcontrollers/discrete-neural-processing-units:DNPU

Publisher

NXP Semiconductors / Kinara

Kind

spec-sheet

Accessed

2026-10-11

notes

Official NXP product overview for Kinara Ara-1 and Ara240 Discrete NPUs following NXP's acquisition of Kinara. Specifies Ara240 delivers up to 40 eTOPS (equivalent TOPS) for GenAI and LLM workloads, available as a 16GB M.2 module and USB module, with Ara SDK software stack. Power consumption and bus width are omitted from this summary listing.

Notes

Official NXP product overview for Kinara Ara-1 and Ara240 Discrete NPUs following NXP's acquisition of Kinara. Specifies Ara240 delivers up to 40 eTOPS (equivalent TOPS) for GenAI and LLM workloads, available as a 16GB M.2 module and USB module, with Ara SDK software stack. Power consumption and bus width are omitted from this summary listing.

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