i. MX 8m plus integrated dedicated neural processing engine (NPU)

        i.MX 8M Plus The series focuses on machine learning and vision 、 Advanced multimedia and industrial automation with high reliability . It aims to meet the needs of smart families 、 building 、 City and Industry 4.0 Application requirements .

• Powerful 4 Nuclear or binuclear Arm Cortex-A53 processor , With neural processing unit (NPU), The running speed is as high as 2.3 TOPS.
• Two image signal processors (ISP) And two camera inputs , Create an efficient advanced vision system .
• Multimedia functions include video coding ( Include h.265) And decoding 、3D/2D Graphics acceleration and various audio and voice functions .
• adopt Cortex-M7 Real time control . use CAN FD And the powerful control network of dual Gigabit Ethernet , With time sensitive network (TSN).
• DRAM Series connection ECC It has high industrial reliability .

i.MX 8 The application processor is NXP EdgeVerse  Edge of computing Part of the platform .

eIQ  machine learning (ML) Software development environment

• eIQ Software uses inference engines
• Neural network compiler
• Optimize libraries and open source technologies
• Support enabling at edge nodes AI and ML

        The following inference engines are included as part of the eIQ ML software development kit and serve as options for deploying trained NN models.

Arm NN INFERENCE ENGINE: NXP has also integrated Arm NN with proprietary drivers to support the i.MX GPUs and i.MX 8M Plus NPU.

eIQ TOOLKIT