i.MX 8M Plus – Arm® Cortex®-A53, Machine Learning, Vision, Multimedia and Industrial IoT
Overview
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 the NXP's EdgeVerse™ edge computing platform.
i.MX 8M Plus Block Diagram
Edge intelligence, machine learning and vision for a smart world. MX 8M Plus applications processors excel in machine learning (ML), vision, advanced multimedia and industrial IoT applications. Elevating edge intelligence, i.MX 8M Plus processors are an excellent foundation for smart homes to smart cities, Industry 4.0 and beyond.
TARGET APPLICATIONS
• Smart home: AI local server, alarm hub and security systems, smart robot, access, control, home patient monitors, sound bars, AV receivers, and other home automation applications
• Smart city: safety and security, surveillance, crowd and traffic control, transportation management and driver monitoring
• Smart world: smart retail, POS interfaces, targeted advertisement, building control, teleconferencing systems and healthcare diagnostics
• Industrial IoT: machine vision, robot controller, industrial gateway, HMI and computers, commercial printers and scanners, industrial tablets, smart industrial cameras and multiple factory automation applications
MACHINE LEARNING AND VISION
NEURAL PROCESSING UNIT (NPU)
The powerful i.MX 8M Plus applications processor is based on the quad-core Arm® Cortex®-A53 processor. It runs at up to 1.8 GHz with an integrated neural processing unit (NPU) that delivers up to 2.3 TOPS. As the first i.MX processor with a machine learning accelerator, the i.MX 8M Plus processor provides substantially high performance for ML inference at the edge. As the first i.MX processor with a machine learning accelerator, the i.MX 8M Plus processor delivers substantially higher performance for ML inference at the edge.
