i.MX8M

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The i.MX 8M family of applications processors based on Arm^® Cortex^®-A53 and Cortex-M4 cores provide advanced audio, voice and video processing for applications that scale from consumer home audio to industrial building automation and mobile computers.

Video quality with full 4K UltraHD resolution and HDR (HDR10 and HLG)
Highest levels of pro audio fidelity with more than 20 audio channels each @384KHz
DSD512 audio capability
Optimized for fanless operation, low thermal system cost and long battery life
Flexible memory options
The newest high-speed interfaces for flexible connectivity
Fully supported on NXP’s 10 and 15-year Longevity Program

i.MX 8 applications processors are part of NXP's EdgeVerse™ edge computing platform.

Data Sheet

Reference Manual

Product Details

Block Diagram

i.MX 8M Processors

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Features

Multicore Processing

Quad Arm Cortex-A53; Cortex-M4F

GPU

OpenGL^{^®} ES 3.1, OpenGL^® 3.0, Vulkan^®, Open CL^™ 1.2

Dual independent display interfaces

MIPI-DSI (4-lanes); HDMI 2.0a

Video Playback

4Kp60 with High Dynamic Range (h.265, VP9), 4Kp30 (h.264), 1080p60 (MPEG2, MPEG4p2, VC1, VP8, RV9, AVS/AVS+, h.263, DiVX), MJPEG - 8x8

Audio

6x I²S/SAI (20+ channels, each 32-bits @384 kHz); S/PDIF Tx/Rx; DSD512

Dual Camera Interfaces

MIPI-CSI (4-lanes each)

External Memory Interfaces

LPDDR4, DDR4, DDR3L; Quad SPI with XIP

USB

Dual USB 3.0 Type C with PHY

PCIe

Dual PCIe with L1 substates for fast wake-up from low-power mode

Ethernet

Gigabit Ethernet controller supporting AVB and EEE

Operating Systems

Linux^{^®} OS, Android^™, Windows 10 IoT Core, FreeRTOS^®

Temperature

Consumer (0°C to 95°C Tj); Industrial (-40°C to 105°C Tj)

Package

FCBGA, 0.65 mm pitch

Product Program

EdgeLock^® Assurance

The i.MX 8M Dual / QuadLite / Quad applications processors, part of the EdgeLock Assurance program, are designed to meet industry standards and follows NXP's security-by-design approach.

Design Resources

Design Files

2 design files

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IMX8MQ-IBIS Model

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BSDL file for i.MX 8M

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Hardware

4 hardware offerings

^{Evaluation and Development Boards}
Evaluation Kit for the i.MX 8M Applications ProcessorFeatured

MCIMX8M-EVK
^{Evaluation and Development Boards}
Coral Dev Board TPU

CORAL-EDGE-TPU
^{Development Hardware - miscellaneous}
Azurewave Wi-Fi^® 5 (802.11ac) + Bluetooth^® chipset-based M.2 evaluation board: AW-CM358MA

AW-CM358
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Eval kit for JODY-W263 Wi-Fi^®/Bluetooth^® module

UB-JODY-W263

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EVK-JODY-W2

Evaluation Kit for JODY-W263

By u-blox AG Gold Partner
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Mallow Carrier BoardNEW

Product Design and Component selection are optimized to provide robustness in challenging environments while keeping the cost low. Long-term supported software and simple...

By Toradex® Platinum Partner
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conga-SKIT/ARM i.MX8 SMARC 2.0 Development Kit

Starter Kit for congatec SMARC 2.0 Development -Starter Kit for SMARC 2.0 Development -All accessories out of the box -Immediate evaluation for SMARC 2.0

By congatec Gold Partner
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STKa8Mx

Embedded Cortex®-A53 Evaluation Board based on i.MX8M with advanced audio and video features

By TQ-Systems GmbH Gold Partner
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i.MX 8M SMARC Development Kit

i.MX 8M Quad/QuadLite/Dual SMARC Development platform combines i.MX8M Q/QL/D SMARC SOM & compatible SMARC carrier card to validate complete i.MX8M SMARC SOM features (USB...

By iWave Systems Gold Partner
^{Test Accessories and Debugger}
Arm ULINKpro

The ULINKpro debug and trace unit connects your PC's USB port to your target system and allows you to program, debug, and analyze your applications using its unique strea...

By Arm Platinum Partner
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TRACE32 JTAG/SWD Debugger for ARM

Lauterbach is making world class microprocessor development tools since 1979. TRACE32 debug and real-time trace solutions support the whole range of NXP processors.

By Lauterbach Gold Partner
^{Test Accessories and Debugger}
Green Hills Probe

High speed on-chip download, run control and trace.

By Green Hills Software Platinum Partner
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Arm DSTREAM

The Arm DSTREAM family of high performance debug and trace probes enable Arm Development Studio to debug all Arm-based devices through a variety of interfaces.

By Arm Platinum Partner
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PIXI-9377

PIXI-9377 is a fully certified (FCC, TELEC, IC, CE, RCM) dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac with Bluetooth 5 SDIO module optimized for cost, size and performance. It is bas...

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Low Power DRAM

Low Power DRAM's include LPDDR, LPDDR2, LPDDR3 and LPDDR4 products

By Micron Gold Partner
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uSD-M.2 Adapter: Interconnect for NXP i.MX RT/6/7/8

uSD-M.2 adapter board provides out-of-box experience for NXP i.MX with Murata’s M.2 Module Family enabled by Embedded Artists; interfacing WLAN/BT-signals including WLAN-...

By Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Gold Partner
^Module
MAYA-W271-00B

Compact Wi-Fi 6 + Bluetooth 5.2 + 802.15.4 host-based multiradio modules low-power, secure tri-radio 2 antenna pins - Wi-Fi 2.4/5GHz and BT/BLE+802.15.4 MAYA family dime...

By u-blox AG Gold Partner
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i.MX8MP SBC

Single Board Computer (SBC) with i.MX 8MP Quad A53 1.6GHz and machine learning accelerator up to 2.3 TOPS 5G support, Op. Temp -40°C ~ 85°C Expandable IO connector for c...

By Shenzhen Huameishi Tech Co., Ltd. Gold Partner
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CMP9611

Dual-Band Wi-Fi 6, BT 5.2, SDIO/UART, AP/STA/Direct, BLE/Classic, Linux/FreeRTOS, Coexistence, Certified/FCC/IC/CE, Antenna/Connector/RF Pin, Commercial/Industrial, LGA o...

By California Eastern Laboratories Gold Partner
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MAYA-W161-00B

Compact Wi-Fi 4 + Bluetooth 5.2 host-based multiradio modules 2 antenna pins - Wi-Fi 2.4/5GHz and BT/BLE MAYA family dimensions and pin-out

By u-blox AG Gold Partner
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LILY-W132-00B

Wi-Fi module base on NXP Wi-Fi chip 88W8801

By u-blox AG Gold Partner
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MAYA-W160-00B

Compact Wi-Fi 4 + Bluetooth 5.2 host-based multiradio modules 2 u.fl antenna connectors - Wi-Fi 2.4/5GHz and BT/BLE MAYA family dimensions and pin-out

By u-blox AG Gold Partner
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LILY-W131-00B

Wi-Fi module base on NXP Wi-Fi chip 88W8801

By u-blox AG Gold Partner
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MAYA-W166-01B

Compact Wi-Fi 4 + Bluetooth 5.2 host-based multiradio modules 1 antenna pin - Wi-Fi 2.4/5GHz and BT/BLE MAYA family dimensions and pin-out

By u-blox AG Gold Partner
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i.MX8MP SOM Development Carrier Board

Carrier Board Compliant with SMARC™ v2.0 for SOM and SMARC module application development

By Shenzhen Huameishi Tech Co., Ltd. Gold Partner
^Module
i.MX8MP SOM

High performance low power SOM with NXP i.MX 8M Plus Quad Cortex™-A53 1.6 GHz, Cortex™-M4, and machine learning accelerator up to 2.3 TOPS.

By Shenzhen Huameishi Tech Co., Ltd. Gold Partner
^Module
MAYA-W276-00B

Compact Wi-Fi 6 + Bluetooth 5.2 + 802.15.4 host-based multiradio modules low-power, secure tri-radio embedded antenna / pin - Wi-Fi 2.4/5GHz and BT/BLE + 802.15.4 MAYA f...

By u-blox AG Gold Partner
^Module
i.MX8MP SMARC 2.0 module

High performance SMARC 2.0 module with NXP i.MX8MP 1.8 GHz Processor, supporting wide range operation temperature

By Shenzhen Huameishi Tech Co., Ltd. Gold Partner
^Module
MAYA-W166-00B

Compact Wi-Fi 4 + Bluetooth 5.2 host-based multiradio modules 1 embedded PCB antenna - Wi-Fi 2.4/5GHz and BT/BLE MAYA family dimensions and pin-out

By u-blox AG Gold Partner
^{Embedded Board Solutions}
IMX8M Mini SMARC 2.0 Module

Anita i.MX8M Mini CPU I.MX8M Mini general purpose system on module compliant with SMARC 2.0.Designed to work in Industrial, Automotive and consumer environment.

By Firstview Consultants Gold Partner
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phyBOARD-Polaris i.MX 8M

The phyBOARD-Polaris is a powerful single board computer for industrial use. It supports the graphic performance and multimedia features of the phyCORE-i.MX 8M System on ...

By PHYTEC Platinum Partner
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I.MX 8M SYSTEM-ON-MODULE

Off-the-shelf mezzanine module that combines the i.MX 8M multicore processing (Quad ARM Cortex-A53; Cortex-M4) with 512MB-4GB DDR, 4-64GB eMMC and WiFi/BT connectivity.

By Emcraft Systems LLC Gold Partner
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AW-PU530

i.MX 8M Mini + 88W8997 SoM.

By AzureWave Technologies, Inc. Gold Partner
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conga-SMX8-X SMARC Computer-On-Module

SMARC 2.0 module based on Ultra Low Power NXP i.MX8-X series -NXP i.MX8-X ARM Cortex-A35 and Cortex-M4F -Ultra Low Power 2-5W -Industrial grade, improved Reliability a...

By congatec Gold Partner
^{Embedded Board Solutions}
pITX-imx8m

Kontron’s pITX-iMX8M motherboard features NXP’s dual or quad core CPUs based on the Arm® Cortex®-A53 architecture with up to 1.5 GHz and the Cortex®-M4 coprocessor incl...

By Kontron Europe GmbH Gold Partner
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Nitrogen8M SOM

The Nitrogen8M SOM features NXP's i.MX 8M applications processor, 2GB of LPDDR4 RAM, and 8GB eMMC. Development accessories include: Carrier Board, touchscreen displays, a...

By Boundary Devices a Laird Connectivity Company Gold Partner
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i.MX 8M SMARC SOM

• i.MX 8M SoC based SMARC v2.1.1 Compatible SOM • GPU,4K VPU & 2x Display Controller support on SoC • SOM supports 2x Gbps Ethernet PHY, USB2.0 HUB, Wi-Fi5/6* & BT5.0, ...

By iWave Systems Gold Partner
^{Embedded Board Solutions}
i.MX 8M SMARC SOM (System on Module)

The i.MX 8M Quad, Quad Lite, Dual based SMARC SOM integrates Quad/Dual Cortex A53 @ 1.5GHz, H.265 4K60 decode, 1080p encode, GC7000 Lite GPU, MIPI CSI, MIPI DSI, HDMI2.0 ...

By iWave Systems Gold Partner
^{Embedded Board Solutions}
MYC-JX8MX SOM

The MYC-JX8MX CPU Module is based on NXP i.MX 8M Quad processor featuring 1.3GHz quad ARM Cortex-A53 cores and a real-time ARM Cortex-M4 co-processor. It is a minimum sys...

By MYIR Electronics Limited Gold Partner
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360(AVM) ADAS APA

It provides Surround View Monitor,ADAS and automatic parking solutions.The surround-view ADAS systems offered integrate multiple ADAS functions such as LDW, BSD, and MOD ...

By Shenzhen Tamsong Technology Co.,LTD Gold Partner
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armStone™MX8M

high performance Single Board Computer with 4k video based on NXP i.MX8M (PicoITX - armStoneMX8M)

By F&S Elektronik Systeme GmbH Gold Partner
^{Embedded Board Solutions}
EDM-IMX8M

EDM-IMX8M is an extreme performance, low-power SoM featuring NXP i.MX8M applications processor based on ARM Cortex-A53 and Cortex-M4 architecture that provides 4K industr...

By TechNexion Ltd Gold Partner
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LEC-iMX8M

The LEC-iMX8M is a small size SMARC rev 2.0 module, based on NXP’s iMX-8M Quad Core ARM Cortex-A53 SoC (0.8~5W). This module offers hardware acceleration for video playba...

By ADLINK Technology, Inc. Gold Partner
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PICO-IMX8M

PICO System-on-Module with NXP i.MX8M with global certified Wi-Fi / Bluetooth Solution

By TechNexion Ltd Gold Partner
^{Embedded Board Solutions}
Nitrogen8M SBC

The Nitrogen8M SBC features NXP's i.MX 8M applications processor, 2GB of LPDDR4 RAM, and 8GB eMMC. The board also comes with a dev kit, touchscreen display, and validated...

By Boundary Devices a Laird Connectivity Company Gold Partner
^{Embedded Board Solutions}
phyCORE-i.MX 8M

phyCORE-i.MX 8M: NXP i.MX 8M Dual or Quad-Core @ 1.5 GHz; 55 x 40 mm dimensions; 4 GB max LPDDR4; up to 1 GB NAND or 128 GB eMMC; 4 KB I2C EEPROM; 2x Gigabit Ethernet; 2x...

By PHYTEC Platinum Partner
^{Embedded Board Solutions}
iMX8M Quad COM Board

The EA iMX8M Quad COM Board provides a quick and easy solution for implementing a high-performance ARM quad-core Cortex-A53/M4 based design. The board supports heterogene...

By Embedded Artists AB Gold Partner
^{Embedded Board Solutions}
system on module FETMX8MQ-C

FETMX8MQ-C is a system on module designed based on NXP quad-core ARM Cortex -A53 featuring processor i.MX8MQ runs up to1.3GHz, carries on-board 2GB RAM, 8GB ROM, working ...

By Forlinx Embedded Technology Co., Ltd Gold Partner
^{Embedded Board Solutions}
TQMa8Mx

Embedded Cortex®-A53 module based on i.MX8M with advanced audio and video features.

By TQ-Systems GmbH Gold Partner
^{Embedded Board Solutions}
MSC SM2S-IMX8M

The new MSC SM2S-IMX8M module features NXP’s i.MX 8M processors offering dual- and quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 compute performance at very low power consumption and excellen...

By Avnet Embedded (formerly MSC) Gold Partner
^{Embedded Board Solutions}
CL-SOM-iMX8

CL-SOM-iMX8 is a miniature i.MX8M System-on-Module designed for integration into embedded applications. Key features: 4GB RAM, 64GB eMMC, GbE, PCIe, USB3.0, WiFi 802.11a...

By CompuLab Gold Partner
^{Embedded Board Solutions}
Verdin iMX8M Mini

The perfect balance between performance, power and cost, the Verdin iMX8M Mini SoMs provide up to four powerful Arm 64 bit Cortex-A53 cores. The performance makes these S...

By Toradex® Platinum Partner
^{Embedded Board Solutions}
Single Board Computer OKMX8MQ-C

OKMX8MQ-C is a single board computer designed based on NXP quad-core ARM Cortex -A53 featuring processor i.MX8MQ runs up to1.3GHz, carries on-board 2GB RAM, 8GB ROM, work...

By Forlinx Embedded Technology Co., Ltd Gold Partner
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Atlas Scalable Edge Inference Platform

Atlas is a scalable edge inference platform that uses i.MX 8M Plus + optional GPU to support up to 23.3 TOPS of inference performance. ML/vision software, support/solutio...

By Arcturus Gold Partner
^{Embedded Board Solutions}
ROM-5720

Advantech ROM-5720 SMARC 2.0/2.1 Module by NXP i.MX8M up to 4 cores Arm Cortex-A53 processors in combination with one Cortex-M4 real time processor and Vivante GC7000 Lit...

By Advantech Co., Ltd. Gold Partner
^{Embedded Board Solutions}
DART-MX8M System on Module

Smallest 30x55mm SoM based on i.MX 8M Quad 1.5GHz ARM Cortex-A53 + 266MHz Cortex-M4 and 3D GFX, supporting certified dual-band Wi-Fi, BT/BLE, GbE, 2x USB3, PCIe, high-qua...

By Variscite Platinum Partner