i.MX 8M PLUS APPLICATIONS

PROCESSOR FAMILY

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 and fleet management

• 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.

Using its integrated NPU, the i.MX 8M Plus processor

simultaneously detects multiple highly complex neural

network functions, including human pose and emotion

detection, multi-object surveillance, and the recognition

of over 40,000 English words. Moving ML inference to

the edge helps remove cloud dependency and assists

in preserving individual privacy while providing an

exceptional user experience.

IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSOR (ISP)

An intelligent vision system based on the i.MX 8M Plus

ISP and camera interfaces with resolution up to 12 MP and

is capable of an input rate of up to 375 MP/s. This vision

system acts as the eyes of the i.MX 8M Plus processor.

The integrated ISP brings real-time image processing to

high-definition video and performs algorithms that extract

the maximum image details in high-contrast scenes.

A de-warp engine performs fisheye lens correction and

reverses the effects of wide-angle lens distortion. It also

corrects distortions from low-cost lenses and helps

ensure high image quality.