i.MX 8M Plus – Arm® Cortex®-A53, Machine Learning, Vision, Multimedia and Industrial IoT

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The i.MX 8M Plus family focuses on machine learning and vision, advanced multimedia, and industrial automation with high reliability. It is built to meet the needs of Smart Home, Building, City and Industry 4.0 applications.

  • Powerful quad or dual Arm® Cortex®-A53 processor with a Neural Processing Unit (NPU) operating at up to 2.3 TOPS.
  • Dual image signal processors (ISP) and two camera inputs for an effective advanced vision system.
  • The multimedia capabilities include video encode (including h.265) and decode, 3D/2D graphic acceleration, and multiple audio and voice functionalities.
  • Real-time control with Cortex-M7. Robust control networks supported by dual CAN FD and dual Gigabit Ethernet with Time Sensitive Networking (TSN).
  • High industrial reliability with DRAM inline ECC.

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

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Multicore Processing and Memory Interfaces

  • 4x or 2x Cortex-A53 up to 1.8 GHz
  • Cortex-M7 up to 800 MHz
  • 32-bit DDR4 & LPDDR4 up to 4.0GT/s

Machine Learning and Vision

  • Neural Processing Unit (NPU): Delivers up to 2.3 TOPS
  • Dual Image Signal Processor (ISPs): Resolution up to 12MP and input rate up to 375MPixels/s
  • Camera Interface: 2x MIPI CSI

Advanced Multimedia and Display

  • Video Decode: 1080p60, h.265/4, VP9, VP8
  • Video Encode: 1080p60, h.265/4
  • GPU: 16 GFLOPS (high-precision) OpenGL® ES 3.1/3.0, Vulkan®, Open CL™ 1.2 FP, OpenVG™ 1.1
  • Audio: 18x I2S TDM, DSD512, S/PDIF Tx + Rx, 8-ch PDM Mic input, eARC, ASRC
  • Low power voice accelerator: Cadence® Tensilica® HiFi 4 DSP @ 800 MHz
  • Display: MIPI-DSI, HDMI 2.0a Tx, LVDS (4/8-lane) Tx

High Speed Interfaces

  • 2x Gigabit Ethernet with AVB, IEEE 1588, EEE and 1x w/ TSN
  • 2x USB 3.0/2.0 Dual-Role with PHY type C
  • PCIe Gen 3
  • 3x SDIO 3.0
  • 2x CAN FD

Industrial Reliability

  • DDR Inline ECC for LPDDR4 and DDR4
  • 14 FinFET process with low soft error rate (SER)

Operating Systems

  • Linux®, Android®, FreeRTOS

Package & Temperature

  • FCBGA, 15x15 0.5 mm pitch
  • Consumer (0 °C to 95 °C Tj)
  • Industrial (-40 °C to 105 °C Tj)

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EdgeLock Assurance Program

The i.MX 8M Plus applications processor, part of the EdgeLock Assurance program, is designed to meet industry standards and follows NXP's security-by-design approach.

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