i.MX 8 Family Applications Processor | Arm Cortex-A53/A72/M4

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Fast multi-OS platform deployment via advanced full-chip hardware virtualization and domain protection
Deploy rich, fully-independent graphics content across 4x HD screens or 1x 4K screen
Incorporate Vision and Speech Recognition interactivity via a powerful vision pipeline and audio processing subsystem
Rapidly deploy multiple products by utilizing pin and power compatible packages and software friendly copy-exact IP blocks
Android^™, Linux^®, FreeRTOS, QNX^™, Green Hills^®, Dornerworks XEN^™
Automotive AEC-Q100 Grade 3 (-40^° to 125^° C Tj), Industrial (-40^° to 105^° C Tj)
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.

For additional information and sample availability, contact NXP Support.

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Features

Processor Complex

Core Complex #1: 4x Cortex-A53
Core Complex #2: 2x Cortex-A72
2x Cortex-M4F
1x HIFI4 DSP

Multimedia

16 Vec4-Shader GPU, 32 compute units OpenGL^® ES 3.2 and Vulkan^® support Tessellation and Geometry Shading
Split-GPU architecture enables 2x 8 Shader Cores
Vision Extensions
4k h.265 Decode, 1080p h.264 encode

Connectivity

2x PCIe 3.0 (2-lane or 2x 1-lane)
dual Gigabit Ethernet with audio video bridging (AVB)
3x Flex-CAN
2x 12bit ADC (8 channels each)
1x USB 3.0, 2x USB 2.0 with PHY
3x SD 3.0 and eMMC 5.1
4x SPI, 2x ESAI, 5x SAI, 1x Keypad
5x I²C (High-speed), 8x I²C (Low-speed)
1x SPDIF, 2x MPEG-2 T/S
1x FPGA interface (QuadSPI)

Display

2x Display Processor Controllers with inline blending and WARP
SafeAssure Fail-over capable (per DPC)
2x 4-lane MIPI DSI
2x 4-lane MIPI CSI
2x LVDS
1x HDMI* 2.0 TX with HDCP* 2.2, 1x eDP* 1.2, 1x DP* 1.4
1x HDMI 1.4 RX with HDCP 2.2

Security

High Assurance Boot, SHE
TRNG, AES-128, AES-256, 3DES, ARC4, RSA4096, SHA-1, SHA-2, SHA-256, MD-5
RSA-1024, 2048, 3072, 4096 and secure key storage
Tamper-pins (active and passive)
Inline Encryption Engine (AES-128)

Memory

1x OctoSPI or 2x QuadSPI
SATA 3.0 (or 1x PCIe 3.0 1-lane)

Temperature

Automotive AEC-Q100 Grade 3 (-40^° to 125^° C Tj), Industrial (-40^° to 105^° C Tj)

Advanced Power Management

Recommended PMIC:PF8200: Power Management integrated circuit for i.MX 8 and i.MX 8X families

Part numbers include: MIMX8QM5AVUFEAB, MIMX8QM5AVUFFAB, MIMX8QM5CVUFFAB, MIMX8QM6AVUFEAB, MIMX8QM6AVUFFAB, MIMX8QM6CVUFFAB, MIMX8QP5AVUFEAB, MIMX8QP5AVUFFAB, MIMX8QP5CVUFFAB, MIMX8QP6AVUFEAB, MIMX8QP6AVUFFAB, MIMX8QP6CVUFFAB.

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Design Resources

Design Files

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IBIS files for MCIMX8QM-CPUupdated

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Layout for MCIMX8QM-CPU

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Gerber PCB Files

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BSDL Files for IMX8QM

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Hardware

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3 hardware offerings

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MCIMX8QM-CPU
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TJA1101 Automotive Ethernet Adapter for S32K148EVB and i.MX8Featured

ADTJA1101-RMII
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i.MX Surround View System

SURROUND-VIEW-APPLICATION

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Nitrogen8M Plus SMARC

The Nitrogen 8M Plus SMARC is an integrated platform solution with Quad Cortex®-A53 processors operating up to 1.8 GHz and pre-certified dual-band 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac WLAN ...

By Ezurio Gold Partner
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TQMa8x

Embedded Cortex®-A53 / A72 module based on i.MX8 with enhanced performance and graphics properties.

By TQ-Systems GmbH Platinum Partner
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i.MX 8 QuadMax/QuadPlus Qseven SOM

• i.MX 8 QM/QP SoC based Qseven v2.1 Compatible SOM • 2x GPU, 4K VPU & 2x Display Controller support on SoC • SOM supports Gbps Ethernet PHY, USB3.0 HUB, Wi-Fi5/6* & BT...

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i.MX 8QuadMax/QuadPlus Pico ITX SBC (Single Board Computer)

i.MX 8QM/QP core Pico ITX SBC, Dual ARM Cortex A72@1.8GHz + Quad Cortex A53@1.2GHz, Dual Cortex-M4F@264MHz. 4K H.265 dec & 1080p h.264 enc/dec capable VPU, Dual GPU, SBC ...

By iWave Global Gold Partner
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i.MX 8M Mini Q/QL/D/DL/S/SL based SODIMM SOM integrates Up to 4 x Cortex-A53 & 1 x Cortex-M4F, H.264 encode & H.265, H.264 decode, 2GB LPDDR4 (Expandable up to 8GB), 8GB ...

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By Variscite Platinum Partner
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AW-PU530

i.MX 8M Mini + 88W8997 SoM.

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phyCORE-i.MX 8

phyCORE-i.MX 8: NXP i.MX 8QuadMax or i.MX 8QuadPlus-Core @1.6 GHz; 73 x 45 mm dimensions; 8 GB max LPDDR4; up to 128 GB eMMC; 4 KB I2C EEPROM; 2x Gigabit Ethernet (1x on...

By PHYTEC Platinum Partner
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SECO SOM-Trizeps-VII-MX6

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Verdin iMX8M Plus

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SECO SBC-3.5-MX8

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i.MX 8M SMARC SOM (System on Module)

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By iWave Global 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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ROM-7720

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MAYA-W1

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TEVS-AR0821

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