FACT SHEET
i.MX 8X FAMILY

i.MX 8X FAMILY OF
APPLICATIONS PROCESSORS
Built with a high-level integration tosupport graphics, video, image processing,audio, and voice functions, the i.MX
8X processor family is ideal for safetycertifiable and efficient performancerequirements. Applications for the i.MX 8X
processor include industrial automation,
HMI, industrial control, robotics, building
control, automotive cluster, display audio
infotainment, and telematics applications.
TARGET APPLICATIONS•	Automotive—instrument cluster, infotainment, display audio,
rear seat entertainment, smart antenna, Vehicle-to-Vehicle(V2X), gateway and camera systems•	Industrial vehicle—avionics cockpit display, in-flightentertainment, train and heavy equipment HMI•	Advanced industrial human machine interface (HMI) andcontrol—PLC, I/O controller, home/building control•	Robotics—drone, mobile service robot•	Building Control—fire and security panel, elevator control,
HVAC control•	Healthcare—patient monitor•	Networking—specialty gateway, low-end video conference
terminal•	Mobile payment—payment systems•	General-purpose HMI solutions
SAFEGUARD MISSION CRITICAL DISPLAYS AND
CONTROL FUNCTIONS•	
Increase your system’s accuracy—The i.MX 8X processor
with optional Error Correcting Code (ECC) is the first i.MX
product to support applications such as programmable logiccontroller (PLC), input/output (I/O) controller, robotic controland drones.

•	
Secure your system with advanced programmablesecurity—Ensure top-of-the-line security from first bootto securing with the latest cryptography standards (AES,flashless SHE, elliptical curve cryptography, key storage).
•	
Improve your system reliability with Fully Depleted
Silicon on Insulator (FD-SOI)—built using 28 nm FD-SOI,
the i.MX 8X applications processor dramatically improvesmean time between failures (MTBF) and reduces latch-ups
due to FD-SOI’s inherently high immunity to soft errors.
•	
Offload time-critical tasks—Utilize the Arm® Cortex®-M4F
core for time-critical tasks such as backup camera display,audio control and general system monitoring and wakeup.
ADVANCED INTEGRATION• Multi-domain voice recognition—Utilize the Cortex-A35
and Cortex-M4F cores as well as the Tensilica® HiFi 4 DSPfor audio pre- and post- processing, key word detection andspeech recognition for hands-off interaction. Take advantageof the large library of HiFi optimized audio and voice codecs
and audio enhancement software packages.
•	Three screens of independent content—Develop
innovative, multi-screen platforms through the ability todrive up to two 1080p screens, MIPI-DSI or LVDS, and one
parallel WVGA display with independent content to reduce
system cost.

•	Flexible memory options—Offers
LP-DDR4 memory interface for highperformance and low standby power,or DDR3L interfaces for lowest systemcost. For fast boot from SPI NOR
flash, two Quad SPI or one Octal SPI
are available as well as support for SD
3.0, eMMC 5.1 and RAW NAND.
LOW-POWER OPTIMIZEDPERFORMANCE•	
Up to four (4) 1.2 GHz Cortex-A35
processors—A powerful and powerefficient upgrade path for nextgeneration solutions. The Cortex-A35
is Arm’s most efficient Armv8 core.
•	Multiple systems, one processor—
Delivers a high level of integration
on one chip, such as the Cortex-A35
applications core, Cortex-M4F realtime processing core, hardwareaccelerated graphics and video, highperformance DSP, and more.
•	Optimized power—Reduce thermal
system cost and power usage by
shutting down the Cortex-A35 core
while the Cortex-M4F core remains
active to perform low-level systemmonitoring tasks.

THE SCALABLE PLATFORM OFCHOICE

PIN AND POWER COMPATIBLE
Highly scalable design options allow
a single platform to cover multiple
products. Pin- and power-compatible
packages (in 0.8 pitch) allow for a single
PCB platform and different i.MX 8X
processors as product needs dictate.

NXP developed this highly scalableproduct family to provide a muchneeded migration path for next
generation devices. The Cortex-A35
provides full Armv8-A 64-bit support
while maintaining seamless backwards
compatibility with 32-bit Armv7-Asoftware. The i.MX 8 series continues tobuild on the industry leading scalabilityof the i.MX product line. Easily transition
between the i.MX 8 family and the i.MX
8X family with its high level of softwareand hardware reuse across the full rangeof product capabilities.

PRODUCT LONGEVITY
When designing with i.MX, you candepend on the quality of the product andthe stable, consistent supply of productfor your embedded designs through theNXP Product Longevity program.
Visit www.nxp.com/productlongevity fordetails.

•	Comprehensive software support
Android™, Linux®, QNX, Green Hills®,
FreeRTOS™ and partner commercial
operating systems

i.MX ECOSYSTEM ALLIANCES
Leveraging the broad Arm community,
the i.MX product line builds technology
alliances to enable better customer
solutions and faster time-to-market.
Solutions include:•	
Automotive
Auto (-40 ºC to 125 ºC Tj)•	
Industrial
Industrial (-40 ºC to 105 ºC Tj)•	Tool chains•	Consumer qualified
Consumer (-20 ºC to 105 ºC Tj)•	Software•	Codecs•	Middleware/applications•	Embedded board solutions•	System integrators

i.MX 8X FAMILY—DIFFERENTIATED FEATURES
FeatureArm®
Core

i.MX 8DualXPlus/i.MX 8QuadXPlus
2 x Cortex-A35(i.MX 8DualXPlus)
4 x Cortex-A35(i.MX 8QuadXPlus)i.MX 8DualX

1 x Cortex-M4F

GPU

VPU
Ethernet
USB withPHY

16-bit DDR3L\LPDDR4(no ECC)
1 x GC7000Lite
Power Optimized

1 x USB 3.0 (can beused as USB 2.0)
1 x USB 2.0

1 x Gigabit with AVB
1 x 10/100

Connectivity

Cortex-M4F

1 x I2C

16 KB I-cache

1 x UART

16 KB D-cache

6 x GPIO

256 KB SRAM

1 x TPM Timer

Memory1 or 2 x 1 Gbit Ethernet AVB

DDR3L @ 933 MHz (ECC option)/
LPDDR4 @ 1200 MHz (no ECC)

1 x 10/100 Ethernet

1 x 4-Shader, OpenGL® ES 3.0 or 3.1,Vulkan®
VPU
Video: h.265 dec 4K, h.264 enc/dec 1080p
Audio
Tensilica® HiFi 4

RAW NAND–BCH62
2 x Quad/1 x Octal SPI

48 KB D

Display and Camera I/O
Display Processor with SafeAssure®
2 x MIPI-DSI/LVDS Combo PHY*

1 x MIPI CSI

Available on certain product families

3.3 V/1.8 V GPIO
PCIe 3.0 with L1 Substate–1-lane
1 x USB3 OTG w/PHY

32 KB I

512 KB SRAM (448 KB OCRAM, 64 KB of TCM)

1 x Parallel Display

2 x SDIO3.0/eMMC5.1

1 x Parallel CSI

Security
HAB, SRTC, SJTAG, TrustZone®
AES256, RSA4096, SHA-256
3DES, ARC4, MD-5
Flashless SHE, ECC
Tamper, Inline Enc Engine

1 or 2 x USB2 OTG w/PHY
3 x CAN/CAN FD
MOST 25/50
4 x 4 Keypad

System Control

4 x PWMPower Control, Clocks, Reset

1 x ADC (6-ch.)

BootROMs
Domain Resource Partitioning

Note: Accessing muxable controller's full capabilities is dependent upon board component choices.

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8 x I2C4 x SPIGPUPMIC interface (dedicated I2C)

2 x USB 2.0

4 x UART

Multimedia

DSP Core

4K h.265 dec, 1080p 1080p h.264 enc/h.264 enc/dec
dec
2 x Gigabit with AVB

32 KB D-cache

512 KB L2 cache with ECC

Tensilica HiFi 4 DSP

1 x GC7000Lite
Performance
OptimizedCore Complex 2

2–4 x Arm® Cortex®-A35
32 KB I-cache

DSP Core Tensilica® HiFi 4 DSP
DRAM

i.MX
8X FAMILYBLOCK DIAGRAM
i.MX
8X FAMILYBLOCK DIAGRAM
Core Complex 1

2 x Cortex-A35

Arm Core 1 x Cortex-M4F

32-bit DDR3L(ECC option)/
LPDDR4 (no ECC)•	Training

2 x ASRC, SPDIF
4 x SAI, ESAI, MQS