Overview: Co-innovating Intelligent Edge Systems

Skill shortages. Supply volatility. A growing urgency to reduce emissions. Today’s industries are facing more pressure and unpredictability than ever before.

For decades, automation has been the cornerstone of operations – standardizing tasks and improving reliability. But as energy flows fluctuate, workforce capacity shrinks and complexity grows, automation alone can’t keep up.

Together with Honeywell, we’re stepping into the next frontier: autonomy. By bringing together the best in AI acceleration, advanced processing, scalable software, secure connectivity and functional safety, we’re enabling intelligent edge systems that can learn, adapt on the fly and operate independently.

Step by step, our joint autonomous solutions are transforming what’s possible across industries, with each advancement creating the foundation for the next.

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Challenge: Advancing the Next Era of Autonomy

Advancing autonomy across critical sectors requires more than delivering high-performance components. It demands system-level thinking from day one, bringing together hardware, software, a host of enabling technologies and domain expertise.

Our collaboration with Honeywell is deeply integrated. Our teams work side by side, aligning roadmaps, defining engineering requirements and co-developing intelligent systems built for real-world demands.

At NXP, we contribute:

• A complementary portfolio of advanced system solutions, spanning processing, connectivity and analog technology
• Scalable platforms with hardware and software building blocks to empower customers to develop, upgrade and diversify
• Cross-sector insight that helps spark innovation and simplify complexity

By combining our system-level expertise with Honeywell’s deep domain experience, we’re enabling faster development, tighter integration and systems designed to perform in complex industrial environments.

“Our engineers are speaking with Honeywell’s engineers. We bring our capabilities; they bring use case requirements. This is massively accelerating innovation.”

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Solution: Bringing Brains to Buildings

The first major outcome of our shared autonomous vision: intelligent buildings.

Buildings consume nearly 30% of global energy. Yet, many are still managed by outdated infrastructure or manual oversight. Meanwhile, operations teams face labor shortages, rising costs and new demands for occupant comfort and sustainability.

Together with Honeywell, we addressed this challenge with a building management system that can dynamically respond to occupancy, usage and energy costs in real time.

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The technology behind one of Honeywell’s latest systems, the Optimizer Suite , is our i.MX 8M Plus and i.MX RT1060 applications processors. These neural-network enabled, industrial-grade platforms bring advanced perception and control to the edge, powering:

• On-device AI acceleration for real-time responses to air quality, humidity, occupancy and VOC data
• Dynamic control of lighting, HVAC and energy systems based on usage patterns, weather and utility pricing
• Built-in security and functional safety for data integrity and fail-safe operation in mission-critical environments

NXP Technology Inside

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Result: Smarter Buildings, Measurable Gains

With the Optimizer Suite in place, buildings are making real-time adjustments that translate into tangible operational benefits. Dynamic control of heating, cooling, lighting and power systems help facilities reduce energy waste, maintain comfortable conditions for occupants and ease the burden on operations teams.

The system can integrate with both new and existing infrastructure. This flexibility allows organizations to extend the lifespan of assets, optimize resource use and advance sustainability targets.

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What’s Next: One Partnership, Many Possibilities

Intelligent buildings are just the beginning. Our collaboration with Honeywell is also extending into other critical sectors.

Take aviation. Our high-performance processing platforms and software now support real-time, AI-driven insights in Honeywell’s Anthem flight deck – enhancing safety and reducing pilot workload in one of the world’s most demanding environments. And that’s only one example of what’s possible when Honeywell’s domain experience meets our intelligent edge system solutions.

“We collaborate to influence product roadmaps, align visions and deliver value to our customers. That trust is what makes this partnership so impactful.”

As complexity grows and resources tighten, the need for autonomy increases. With shared system thinking and trusted co-development process, we continue to explore opportunities to create intelligent edge systems that improve asset performance, address labor shortages and boost operational efficiency across industries.

The future of industry is autonomous – but the steps there are partner led and edge enabled.

About Honeywell

Honeywell is an integrated operating company serving a broad range of industries and geographies around the world, with a portfolio that is underpinned by the Honeywell Accelerator operating system and Honeywell Forge platform. As a trusted partner, Honeywell helps organizations solve the world's toughest, most complex challenges, providing actionable solutions and innovations for aerospace, building automation, industrial automation, process automation and process technology, that help make the world smarter and safer as well as more secure and sustainable.

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