i.MX 8 Series Applications Processors Multicore Arm® Cortex® Processors

The i.MX 8 series of applications processors, part of the EdgeVerse™ edge computing platform, is a feature- and performance-scalable multicore platform that includes single-, dual- and quad-core families based on the Arm® Cortex® architecture—including combined Cortex-A72 + Cortex-A53, Cortex-A35, Cortex-M4 and Cortex M7-based solutions for advanced graphics, imaging, machine vision, audio, voice, video and safety-critical applications.

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i.MX 8 Series Products

Standard Key Features: Advanced Security, Ethernet with AVB, USB 3.0 with PHY, MMC/SDIO, UART, SPI, I²C, I²S, Timers, Secure RTC, Media Processor Engine (Neon™), Integrated Power Management.
CPU, GPU and DSP HMI and Multimedia GPU Libraries and Extensions Interfaces Memory Types
Product Family
Cortex-A72
Cortex-A53
Cortex-A35
Cortex-M4F
Cortex-M33
Cortex-M7
DSP
NPU
GPU
Display Resolution and Interfaces
Camera Interfaces
Video Decode
Resolution
(Top Codecs)
Video Encode
Resolution
(Top Codecs)
OpenVX™ (vision)
OpenGL® ES
OpenCL™
Vulkan™
PCIe
Gigabit Ethernet
10/100 Ethernet
LPDDR4
DDR4
DDR3L
ECC option
i.MX 8 Advanced Graphics, Performance and Virtualization 2 4 2 1 2 2x LVDS
2x MIPI DSI
1x HDMI TX/RX		 2x MIPI-CSI 4K
(h.265, h.264)		 1080p30
(h.264)		 3.1 1.2 2 2x
i.MX 8M Advanced Audio, Voice and Video 4 1 1 1x MIPI DSI
1x HDMI 		2x MIPI-CSI 4Kp60 with
High Dynamic Range
(h.265, VP9);
4Kp30
(h.264, VP8) 		1080p30
(h.264) - SW 		3.1 1.2 2 1x
i.MX 8M Mini Embedded Consumer and Industrial Applications 4 1 1 1x MIPI DSI 1x MIPI-CSI 1080p60
(h.265, VP9, h.264, VP8) 		1080p60
(h.264) 		2.0 1 1x
i.MX 8M Nano Embedded Consumer and Industrial Applications 4 1 1 1x MIPI DSI 1x MIPI-CSI - - 3.1 1.2 - 1x
i.MX 8M Plus Machine Learning, Vision, Multimedia and Industrial IoT 4 1 1 1 1 1x MIPI DSI
1x HDMI
1x LVDS		 2x MIPI-CSI
Dual Camera ISP		 1080p60
(h.265, h.264, VP9, VP8)		 1080p60
(h.265, h.264)		 3.1 1.2 FP 1 2x (1 x/ TSN)
i.MX 8ULP Industrial, Mobile and Smart Home Applications 2 1 2 2 1x MIPI DSI
24-bit RGB
EPD 		1x MIPI-CSI 3.1 1.2 1
i.MX 8X Advanced Graphics and Efficient Performance 4 1 1 1 1x Parallel
2x LVDS/MIPI DSI Combo		 1x MIPI-CSI
1x Parallel		 4K (h.265);
1080p60
(h.264, VP8)		 1080p30
(h.264)		 3.1 1.2 EP 1 2x
i.MX 8XLite Secure Telematics and Connected Industrial Control 2 1 1x Parallel
Display		 1 2x
(TSN+AVB)

Note: Some features vary across families.

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