MULTICORE PLATFORMS FOR

ADVANCED APPLICATIONS

FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE GRAPHICS, IMAGING, MACHINE VISION,

AUDIO, VOICE, VIDEO, AND SAFETY-CRITICAL APPLICATIONS

Your interface with the world. The i.MX series fundamentally redefines application processors

and fuels change in ways you never imagined. i.MX B takes Flight.

The series delivers high performance as standard, supporting advanced neural network processing,

integrated graphics, machine vision, video/audio, voice, and safety-critical applications.

Processors include single-, dual-, and quad-core families based on the Arm® Cortex®

architecture-including combined Cortex-A72, Cortex-A53, Cortex-A35,

and Cortex-M4 based processors.

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The new i.MX B processor series builds on 15+ years of cutting-edge technology, robust

software, and broad ecosystem support to continue the NXP tradition of helping customers find

the right balance between performance and power, all while offering solutions that are scalable,

safe and secure. The high-quality i.MX application processors provide secure, long-lasting

solutions with a product longevity of 10-15 years minimum. This series includes the i.MX BM,

i.MX BX, and i.MX B families which are software-compatible and supported by Android'", Linux®,

ONX, Green Hills, FreeRTOS and other third-party commercial operating systems.

�� Product Longevity

i.MX B FAMILY

Advanced graphics, vision, and CPU performance @© i.MX BX FAMILY

Safety certifiable and efficient performance @© i.MX BM FAMILY

Advanced computing, audio, video and voice

i.MX 8 SERIES

PERFORMANCE, POWER, SCALABILITY, SECURITY, LONGEVITY

The i.MX B series builds on more than 15 years of i.MX innovation, cutting-edge technology,

and broad ecosystem support.

Everything is designed to help find exactly the right balance of performance and power while offering

solutions that are scalable, safe, and secure. i.MX application processors also bring you an impressive

product longevity of 10-15 years, minimum.

Flexibility and Longevity

• The i.MX Band i.MX BX have common software

and hardware architectures with 70% IP design

reuse and pin compatibility.

• When designing with i.MX, you can depend on the

quality of the product and the stable, consistent

supply of product for embedded designs.

• i.MX BM series processors are industrial and

consumer qualified, while the i.MX BX and i.MX B

families are also automotive qualified.

• i.MX B Development Tools are widely available

for evaluation and development using Linux or

Android Board Support Packages (BSP).

TARGET APPLICATIONS

Building control Consumer electronics Healthcare Instrument clusters

Multi-media devices Streaming

audio and video Voice assist/control

Automotive electronic

cockpit

TECHNOLOGIES

Advanced security Al, machine

learning and vision

Industrial automation

HMI solutions

Infotainment

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Advanced media processing

Secure domain partitioning

Dedicated vision processing engine

i.MX 8X APPLICATIONSPROCESSOR FAMILYHIGH RELIABILITY AND SAFETY; EFFICIENT, CERTIFIABLE PERFORMANCE

Built with a high-level of integration, the i.MX 8X family supports graphics, video, image

processing, audio, and voice functions. This is the ideal processor family for safety-certifiable

and efficient performance requirements.

The i.MX 8X family includes the i.MX 8QuadXPlus, i.MX 8DualXPlus and i.MX 8DualX.

i.MX 8X shares common subsystems and architecture from the higher end i.MX 8 family.

This gives developers an unmatched range of cost-performance scaling with pin–compatible

options and the highest level of software reuse.

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i.MX SM APPLICATIONS

PROCESSOR FAMILY

INDUSTRY-LEADING SCALABLE AUDIO, VOICE AND VIDEO PROCESSING

The i.MX 8M family combines high-performance computing with industry-leading audio,

voice and video capabilities. Devices in this family enable up to 4K High Definition (HD) video

streaming, 1080p video encode and decode, professional audio quality, speech recognition,

Al, machine vision, machine learning and edge computing.

The i.MX 8M family uses advanced technology such as the 14LPC FinFET process presenting

great power efficiency and enhanced system reliability.

Subsystem i.MX SM Quad i.MXSM Mini Quad

Main CPU 2 x or 4 x Cortex-A53 @ 1 x, 2 x or 4 x A53 @ 1 .6-

1.5 GHz, 1 MB L2 1.8 GHz, 512 KB L2 cache

Microcontroller Cortex-M4 266 MHz Cortex-M4 400 MHz

DDR 32-bit/16-bit LPDDR4/DDR4/DDR3L

3D, 2D (4 shaders) -

GPU OpenGL ES 2.0/3.0/3.1, 3D, 2D (1 shader) OpenGL

Vulkan, OpenCL 1.2 / ES 2.0 / 1080p media UI

Machine Learning

Display Interfaces 1 x MIPI-DSI, HDMI 2.0a Tx

1 x MIPI-DSI (ARC) + eDP

Video Decode 4Kp60 HEVC H.265, 1080p60 HEVC H.265,

VP9, H.264 VP9, H.264, VP8

Video Encode - 1080p60 H.264, VP8

6 x SAi (10Tx + 14Rx 5 x SAi (12Tx + 16Rx

Audio Interface external 12S lanes)

external 12S lanes),

DSD512, PDM input

Camera Interface 2 x MIPI-CSI (4-lanes each) 1 x MIPI-CSI (4-lanes)

USB 2 x USB3.0 Type C 2 x USB2.0

PCle 2 x PCle 2.0 1 x PCle 2.0

Ethernet 1 x GbE

SDIO/eMMC 2 x SDIO/eMMC II3 x SDIO/eMMC

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Key Features

High performance at low power

• Advanced process technology node delivers much lower

leakage than standard technology

• Scalable power using mobile power architecture

• Single-, dual-, or quad-core Cortex-A53 cores up to 1.8 GHz;

• Heterogeneous multicore processing with Cortex-M4

running up to 400+ MHz; offload tasks, optimize power,

increase security

Best-in-class multimedia performance

• Up to 4K video decoding in h.265, h.264,

VP9 with high dynamic range (HRD)

• Up to 1080p60 video encoding (H.264, VP8) using parallel

VPU engine enables video transcode applications (video calling)

• High-performance 3D graphic processing unit (GPU)

• Highest levels of pro audio fidelity with 32-bit@ 384 KHz,

up to 32-ch. TDM and DSD512 support

Multiple high-speed interfaces

• PCle with L 1 low power substates enabling

high-performing Wi-Fi®/Bluetooth® solutions

• Gigabit Ethernet, USB 3.0 and multiple SDIO interfaces

• Display: HDMI 2.0a (up 4K), MIPI-DSI (4 lanes) (720p60)

• Enabling Vision: 2 x MIPI-CSI (4-lanes) -

Support 1080p30, 720p60, VGA at 60 fps 11

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i.MX 8 Series:

For more information please visit

www.nxp.com/imx8

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